<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like</li><li>a supporting structure or piece; base</li><li>Furniture: a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other</li><li>a columnar support for a tabletop</li><li>Building Trades: a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) ped·es·taled, ped·es·tal·ing or (especially British) ped·es·talled, ped·es·tal·ling: to put on or supply with a pedestal</li></ul>