noun
- bases or platforms that support statues, columns, or other objects
- positions of high regard or admiration
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The marble pedestals held ancient Greek statues.
- Workers carefully moved the heavy pedestals into the museum.
- Each column rested on ornate stone pedestals.
- The trophy cases sat on wooden pedestals in the lobby.
- She put her heroes on pedestals and refused to see their flaws.
- The scandal knocked several politicians off their pedestals.
- Parents shouldn’t place their children on pedestals.