Pedestal vs Underpinning - What's the difference?
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(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp
(figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
(rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
(machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
(bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
(steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
A support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall or a metaphorical basis for something.
Legs, more generally.
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As nouns the difference between pedestal and underpinning
is that pedestal is the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp while underpinning is a support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall or a metaphorical basis for something.As verbs the difference between pedestal and underpinning
is that pedestal is to set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal while underpinning is present participle of lang=en.pedestal
Noun
(en noun)- He has put his mother on a pedestal . You can't say a word against her.
Derived terms
* pedestal coil * pedestal fan * place]] / [[set on a pedestal, set / put on a pedestalSee also
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(wikipedia underpinning) (en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning .”}}
