different between pedestal vs terrace

English

Etymology

From Middle French piédestal, from Italian piedistallo (pie "foot" di "of" stallo "stand") "footstall".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?d?st?l/

Noun

pedestal (plural pedestals)

1. (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
2. (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.

3. (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
4. (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
5. (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.
6. (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
7. (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
8. (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
9. (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pedestal (third-person singular simple present pedestals, present participle pedestaling, simple past and past participle pedestaled)

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

See also

• pedestal on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Further reading

• pedestal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pedestal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pedestal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• depetals, pleadest, step deal, telepads

Portuguese

Noun

pedestal m (plural pedestais)

1. (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
2. (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pedes?tal/, [pe.ð?es?t?al]

Noun

pedestal m (plural pedestales)

1. (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
2. (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)

Further reading

• “pedestal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

Translations

Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace