Word of the Day – Plinth

• Noun: Plinth
  
  1. a : the lowest member of a base : subbase
     b : a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom
  2.  a usually square block serving as a base broadly : any of various bases or lower parts
  3. : a course of stones forming a continuous foundation or base course
• Synonyms:
  1. podium
  2. base
  3. bed
  4. bottom
  5. foot
  6. foundation
  7. stand
  8. substructure
  9. support
• Usage:
  1. “Well… perhaps we can put a statue of you on one of those empty plinths.“
• Encountered:
  1. Listening to a podcast of Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell me! Chatting with a contestant from Richmond, Virginia before the contest Peter Sagal asked about the confederate statues being removed in Richmond.  He went on to tell the contestant that if he won they might put a statue of him on one of the empty plinths.

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