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pedestal
 
Noun pedestal has 3 senses
  1. base, pedestal, stand - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
    --1 is a kind of support
    --1 has particulars: brass monkey; staddle; trivet; trivet
  2. pedestal - a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"
    --2 is a kind of     status, position
  3. pedestal, plinth, footstall - an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
    --3 is a kind of support
    --3 is a part of column, pillar
    --3 has parts: dado
    --3 has particulars: socle
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