Synonyms of the word pulpit


PULPITAMBO - DAIS - PLATFORM - PODIUM - ROSTRUM - SOAPBOX - STUMP

pulpit

  • n. A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands to conduct the…
  • n. A desk or platform for an orator or public speaker.
  • n. (nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred…
  • n. (Britain military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.

ambo

  • n. A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox,…
  • n. (Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.
  • n. (informal) An ambulance driver.
  • n. (informal) An ambulance.

dais

  • n. A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy;…
  • n. (historical, northern Britain) A bench, a settle, a pew.
  • n. (obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.

platform

  • n. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
  • n. A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion, a tribune.
  • n. A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
  • n. (figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
  • n. (automotive) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
  • n. (computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific…
  • n. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
  • n. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
  • n. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
  • n. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
  • n. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform.
  • v. (transitive) To place on a platform.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
  • v. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform.

podium

  • n. A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit.
  • n. (proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
  • n. (sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results…
  • n. (sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
  • n. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
  • v. (sports, colloquial) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.

rostrum

  • n. A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.
  • n. A platform for a film or television camera.
  • n. The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
  • n. (zoology) The beak.
  • n. (zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
  • n. (zoology) The snout of a dolphin.
  • n. (anatomy) The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral).

soapbox

  • n. (literally) A crate for packing soap.
  • n. (figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views…
  • n. (figuratively) A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant…
  • n. A soapbox car.
  • v. To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.

stump

  • n. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
  • n. (politics) The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
  • n. (figuratively) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner…
  • n. (cricket) One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding…
  • n. (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal,…
  • n. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
  • n. (slang, humorous) A leg.
  • n. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers…
  • n. A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
  • v. (transitive) to stop, confuse, or puzzle.
  • v. (intransitive) to baffle; to be unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
  • v. (intransitive) to campaign.
  • v. (transitive, US, colloquial) to travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering…
  • v. (transitive, cricket, of a wicket keeper) to get a batsman out stumped.
  • v. (transitive, cricket) to bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
  • v. (intransitive) to walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.

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