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pedestal []

piedesztál [pˈiɛdɛstaːl]

talapzat [tˈɑlɑpzɑt]

n (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands.

n (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

n (context|machining) A pillow block; a low housing.

n (context|bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.

n (context|steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.

v To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.