pedestal

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ped·es·tal [pedestal pedestals pedestalled pedestaled pedestalling pedestaling] BrE [ˈpedɪstl] NAmE [ˈpedɪstl] noun
the base that a column, statue, etc. rests on
•a pedestal basin (= a ↑washbasin supported by a column)
•I replaced the vase carefully on its pedestal
more at knock sb off their pedestal/perch at ↑knock _v.
Idiom: ↑put somebody on a pedestal

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from French piédestal, from Italian piedestallo, from piè ‘foot’ (from Latin pes, ped-, which later influenced the spelling) + di ‘of’ + stallo ‘stall’.

Example Bank:
•The statue stands on a low marble pedestal.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  plinth, footstall, base, stand