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plinth

/plɪnθ/

plinth noun: a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.

plinth: a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based
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Noun

plinth (plural plinths)

  1. A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
    • The queen placed the vase on the plinth so the cupbearer could fill it with flowers.
    • There appears to be no definite information about the origin of the two large boulders, mounted on plinths, on the platforms of St. Anne's Park Station, Bristol.1948 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Boulders at St Anne's Park Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 280
  2. The bottom course of a wall.
  3. A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

plinth meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

plinth in Tamil

அடிப்பீடம், சுவர்த்தளமுகம், கட்டடி, சதுரடிப் பிதுக்கம், சப்பட்டை

plinth in Urdu

plinth, pedestal
کرسی kursī

plinth in Bengali

plinth
ভিত bhito

plinth in Malayalam

തൂൺതറ, തൂണിൻറെ അടിക്കെട്ട്, ഒരു പ്രതിമ, ഭിത്തി മൂലം, അടിത്തറ
More languagesFewer languages
plinth in Kannada
ಅಡಿಗಲ್ಲು
plinth in Malay
alas tiang

Examples of plinth in a sentence

  • The whole structure is designed as a plinth for a future block of buildings above.1951 September, “Reconstruction of Sloane Square Station, London”, in Railway Magazine, page 634:
  • 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.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Forms of plinth

pluralplinths

Plural of plinth: plinths

Origin of plinth

From French plinthe, from Latin plinthus, from Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”).

Words formed from plinth

Words that rhyme with plinth

Questions about plinth

What does plinth mean?
Plinth means a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
What is plinth in Tamil?
Plinth in Tamil is அடிப்பீடம், சுவர்த்தளமுகம், கட்டடி. See Plinth meaning in Tamil.
How do you use plinth in a sentence?
The whole structure is designed as a plinth for a future block of buildings above.
What part of speech is plinth?
Plinth is a noun.
How do you pronounce plinth?
Plinth is pronounced /plɪnθ/.
What is the plural of plinth?
The plural of plinth is plinths.

Words near plinth in the dictionary

  1. plinky
  2. plinky-plonky
  3. Plinlimmon
  4. Plinlimon
  5. PLINQ
  6. plinth
  7. plinthaquult
  8. plinthaquults
  9. plinthed
  10. plinther
  11. plinthers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plinth (page history and authors); plinth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کرسی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ভিত (Bengali) (page history and authors); plinth (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plinth (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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