Noun

(en noun)

A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=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.}}

The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.

A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

Noun

(en noun)

A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author= , title=The Washington Monument , volume=100, issue=1, page=16 , magazine= citation , passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk', and sometimes even as a “true '''obelisk''',” even though it is not. A true ' obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}

(printing) The dagger sign (†), especially when used as a reference mark.