- a small raised platform used by lecturers, orchestra conductors, etc; dais
- a plinth that supports a colonnade or wall
- a low wall surrounding the arena of an ancient amphitheatre
- any footlike organ, such as the tube foot of a starfish
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po•di•um /ˈpoʊdiəm/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -di•ums, -di•a
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- a small platform for an orchestra conductor, speaker, etc.:He walked up to the stage and stood on the podium.
- a stand with a slanted top, used to hold a book, speech, etc., at the proper height for a speaker;
lectern:He strode up to the podium and began to read his speech.
po•di•um
(pō′dē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -di•ums, -di•a
-podium,
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(-dē ə).USA pronunciation
- a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, for a public speaker, etc.
- Architecture
- a low wall forming a base for a construction, as a colonnade or dome.
- a stereobate for a classical temple, esp. one with perpendicular sides.
- the masonry supporting a classical temple.
- a raised platform surrounding the arena of an ancient Roman amphitheater having on it the seats of privileged spectators.
- lectern.
- a counter or booth, as one at an airport for handling tickets or dispensing information.
- Anatomy, Zoology, Zoology[Zool., Anat.]a foot.
- Botanya footstalk or stipe.
- Greek pódion little foot, equivalent. to pod- pod- + -ion diminutive suffix. See pew
- Latin: elevated place, balcony
- 1605–15
-podium,
- a combining form meaning "footlike part'' of an organism, used in the formation of compound words:monopodium; pseudo-podium.
- Neo-Latin; see podium
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podium /ˈpəʊdɪəm/ n ( pl -diums, -dia / -dɪə/ )
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-podium n combining form
- a part resembling a foot: pseudopodium
'podium' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-pode
- -podium
- filopodium
- gonopodium
- hang
- hyphopodium
- lycopod
- monopodium
- parapodium
- pew
- pseudopod
- rostrum
- stereobate
- stylopodium
- sympodium