- base, pedestal, stand - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
--1 is a kind of support
--1 has particulars: brass monkey; staddle; trivet; trivet - pedestal - a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"
--2 is a kind of status, position
- pedestal, plinth, footstall - an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
--3 is a kind of support
--3 is a part of column, pillar
--3 has parts: dado
--3 has particulars: socle - pedestal, plinth, footstall - an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)