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plinth (plint̸h)

noun

  1. the square block at the base of a column, pedestal, etc.
  2. the base on which a statue is placed
  3. a course of brick or stone, often a projecting one, along the base of a wall
  4. a flat block at the base of door trim, an architrave, etc.

Etymology: L plinthus < Gr plinthos, brick, tile

plinth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • chamfer: East wall: tower arch raised on chamfered plinth.
  • mold: There is a double basal, molded plinth with slightly hollowed coping stones, to a height of about 1m above ground level.
  • raise: Floor of red quarry tiles; raised plinths for the benches remain; some heating vent grilles down aisle.
  • step: On stepped square plinth a pedestal in form of Roman funerary monument, surmounted by tapering obelisk, pointed at summit.

Preposition: at

  • height: East wall: rough plinth at height of 0.5m.
  • base: In ' C ' with a low plinth at the base of the wall.

Adjective modifier

  • basal: South wall: basal plinth of red sandstone blocks.
  • octagonal: Furniture: an octagonal, worn yellow sandstone sundial plinth is located under an Irish yew tree near the southeast gates.
  • concrete: The concrete plinth awaits the railroad to correct its size.
  • rectangular: Above a rectangular plinth is a face showing what appears to be a long beard.
  • wooden: Also a small single cylinder Hot Air Machine, home made on wooden plinth, Good Plus.
  • empty: There's space on the empty plinth for a start.

Modifies a noun

  • height: This provides evidence that altering plinth height is a simple postural risk reduction measure that is worth employing.
  • base: Prepare a disk of mortar 0.6m diameter by 1cm deep on to the plinth base.

Noun used with modifier

  • rubble: Brick on rubble plinth, substantial remains of an earlier timber framed building.
  • granite: Wing behind left hand bay is built on a granite plinth on which a molded brick band rises over a blocked cellar opening.
  • cobble: Brick with Welsh slate roof to forge, Swithland slate to the rest of the range, which also has a cobble plinth.
  • brick: The frame is of elm, sitting on a brick plinth wall.
  • sandstone: The whole is set in a worn sandstone plinth.
  • stone: A glass top on a stone plinth hides the head of a 49 feet deep well over a bubbling spring.

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