[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.Synonyms: lectern , podium , dais , stand", "a pulpit.", "a beaklike projection from the prow of a ship, especially one on an warship for ramming an enemy ship; beak; ram.", "Roman Antiquity.(in the forum) the raised platform, adorned with the beaks of captured warships, from which orations, pleadings, etc., were delivered.", "Biology.a beaklike process or extension of some part; rostellum.", "British Theater.a raised platform or dais, especially one with hinged sides that can be folded and stored within a relatively small space."]}]