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noun Architecture.
1.
the foundation or base upon which a building or the like is erected.
2.
the solid platform forming the floor and substructure of a classical temple; crepidoma; podium.
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Stereobate
is always a great word to know.
So is pyramid. Does it mean:
| a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb in ancient Egypt |
| a vault with a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere |
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| stereobate (ˈstɛrɪəʊˌbeɪt, ˈstɪər-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | another name for stylobate |
| 2. | a foundation of a building in the form of a platform of masonry |
| [C19: via Latin, from Greek stereobatēs from stereos solid + -batēs base, from bainein to walk] | |
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