Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A block or slab on which a pedestal, column, or statue is placed.
- noun The base block at the intersection of the baseboard and the vertical trim around an opening.
- noun A continuous course of stones supporting a wall.
- noun A square base, as for a vase.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, the flat square table or slab under the molding of the base of a Roman or Renaissance column, of which it constitutes the foundation, and the bottom of the order; also, an abacus; also, a square molding or table at the base of any architectural part or member, or of a pedestal, etc. See phrases below, and cuts under base, column, and capital.
- noun A gymnastic apparatus, a vaulting-box, consisting of several woodensections placed on top of one another, so as to make possible variations in height.
- noun An apparatus used in therapeutic gymnastics on which the patient sits or lies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See
Illust. ofcolumn .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
block orslab upon which acolumn , pedestal, or statue is based. - noun The bottom
course of stones or bricks supporting a wall. - noun A
base orpedestal beneath acabinet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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On the front of the plinth is the single word 'Canada'.
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The plinth is a reproduction of Mr. Hussein's thumbprint, and atop is a stylized reproduction, in gold, of his Arabic initials.
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Eventually we reach our actual destination, a field where a group of 12 women are carrying baskets filled with earth and mud from the edge of a field to a destroyed homestead where a family is using the mud to rebuild the foundation - the "plinth" - of their home.
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For 100 days, around the clock, the plinth was a small stage on which 2,400 persons, one per hour, expressed themselves.
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The plinth, which is very massive, rises even higher above that of the west front here than it does there, and the buttresses project over 8 feet at the base and are of three stages, and the gables on these have their sides straight, their eaves everywhere continued to the wall, and their corners enriched with heads, but on the second stage only.
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The pillar is not placed in the center, but at one end of the plinth, which is the case in almost every lamp of this description yet found.
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On one surface of the plinth is a spigot and a cup, and underneath a drip-stone, where thirsty dogs can drink.
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But those nearer (Ralph, and George, and Rose among them) who could see not only the whole figure, but the plinth and the pedestal upon which it stood, saw that the inscription on the plinth was the same as that which had been reported as upon the first image, the one set up in the Temple at
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However, the statue was only completed a month before his death and the plinth, which is made of Craigleith sandstone, was not ready until after his death in February 1685.
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"Similarly, the plinth should be a simple and elegant solution - like evolutionary thinking."
sonofgroucho commented on the word plinth
This plinth is shaped like King George IV of the UK.
October 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word plinth
Plinth. I just love saying this word. Plinth. Plinth. Plinth.
October 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word plinth
Someone told me this was the sexiest word a woman could say, and I subsequently realised she was right.
When you say plinth, your lips first press together gently, then part; the tongue peeks seductively out from under the teeth, then the ‘th’ sound is softly breathed through the invitingly open lips.
October 17, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word plinth
Wow. What an exquisite image.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word plinth
Well, if I'd known it would have that effect.... ;-)
October 17, 2007
mollusque commented on the word plinth
This is scary, reesetee. I was just thinking "plinth, I love saying that word". I went to put it on my list of favorites and what do I find? "Plinth. Plinth. Plinth." Indeed!
November 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word plinth
It is plinthific, wouldn't you say?
November 14, 2007
mollusque commented on the word plinth
Positively plinthiform! I think we've discovered a monosyllabic earworm.
Plinth. Plinth, plinth, plinth.
November 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word plinth
Wow, an earworm that isn't a song...eyeworm?
Plinth!
November 15, 2007
bilby commented on the word plinth
"Devonport's controversial 'Spirit of the Sea' statue will be officially launched tomorrow, but the artist who created it says he is unlikely to be there. Aden McLeod formerly of Devonport and now living in North Queensland, says he was invited, but he is too traumatised by his experience to attend. The five-metre nude bronze statue was installed on its plinth at the mouth of the Mersey River yesterday."
- Statue divides a city, abc.net.au, 28 Feb 2009.
February 28, 2009