Meaning of Rostrum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.
2. A platform for a film or television camera.
3. The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
4. The beak.
5. The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
6. The snout of a dolphin.
7. The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral).
8. Any beak-like extension.
9. The inner segment of the coronal lobes in asclepiads.

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Examples

“He saw a crowd listening to a man who was talking from the rostrum of a kitchen-chair.”

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