[ped-uh-stl] 
noun, verb, -taled, -tal⋅ing or (especially British
) -talled, -tal⋅ling.| 1. | an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. |
| 2. | a supporting structure or piece; base. |
| 3. | Furniture.
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| 4. | Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile. |
| 5. | to put on or supply with a pedestal. |
| 6. | set or put on a pedestal, to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal. |