pedestal
• noun 1 the base or support on which a statue, obelisk, or column is mounted. 2 each of the two supports of a kneehole desk or table. 3 the supporting column of a washbasin or toilet pan. — ORIGIN Italian piedestallo, from piè ‘foot’ + di ‘of’ + stallo ‘stall’.
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