Plinth

Definitions

1. A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
2. The bottom course of a wall.
3. A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

Equivalents

Examples

“The queen placed the vase on the plinth so the cupbearer could fill⟳ it with flowers.”

“There appears to be no definite information about the origin of the two large boulders, mounted on plinths, on the platforms of St. Anne's Park⟳ Station, Bristol.”

“The station building forms a street-level portal and ticket hall, connected by staircases and escalators to the sub-surface platforms. The whole structure⟳ is designed as a plinth for a future block⟳ of buildings above.”

“He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block⟳ of council dwellings. The design⟳ was some way after Corbusier but the block⟳ was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.”

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