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ros·trum 
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Audio Help [ros-truhm] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -tra
Audio Help [-truh] Pronunciation Key, -trums.
Audio Help [-truh] Pronunciation Key, -trums. | 1. | any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking. |
| 2. | a pulpit. |
| 3. | a beaklike projection from the prow of a ship, esp. one on an ancient warship for ramming an enemy ship; beak; ram. |
| 4. | Roman Antiquity. (in the forum) the raised platform, adorned with the beaks of captured warships, from which orations, pleadings, etc., were delivered. |
| 5. | Biology. a beaklike process or extension of some part; rostellum. |
| 6. | British Theater. a raised platform or dais, esp. one with hinged sides that can be folded and stored within a relatively small space. |
[Origin: 1570–80; < L rōstrum snout, bill, beak of a bird, ship's prow (in pl., speaker's platform), equiv. to rōd(ere) to gnaw, bite (cf. rodent) + -trum instrumental suffix, with dt > st]
] —Synonyms 1. stand, dais, podium, lectern.
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rostrum
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| ros·trum
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n. pl. ros·trums or ros·tra (rŏs'trə, rô'strə)
[Latin rōstrum, beak; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.] ros'tral (-trəl) adj. |
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rostrum
1542, from L. rostrum, name of the platform stand for public speakers in the Forum in ancient Rome. It was decorated with the beaks of ships taken in the first naval victory of the Roman republic, over Antium, in 338 B.C.E., and the word's older sense is "end of a ship's prow," lit. "beak, muzzle, snout," originally "means of gnawing," instrument noun form of rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent). Cf. claustrum "lock, bar," from claudere "to shut." Extended sense of any platform for public speaking is first recorded 1766. Plural form is rostra.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| rostrum | |
noun | |
| 1. | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais] |
| 2. | beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
rostrum [ˈrostrəm] noun
a platform on which a public speaker stands
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
ros·trum (r
s
tr
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n. pl.
ros·trums or ros·tra (-tr)
- A beaklike or snoutlike projection.
ros
tral (-trl) adj.
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Main Entry: ros·trum
Pronunciation: 'räs-tr&m also 'ros-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural rostrums or
ros·tra /-tr&/
: a bodily part or process suggesting a bird's bill: as a : the reflected anterior portion of the corpus callosum below the
genu b : the interior median spine of the body of the basisphenoid bone articulating with the vomer
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Rostrum
La*mel`li*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL. See Lamella, and Rostrum.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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