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Word entry · 6 letters

plinth

Best crossword clue

"Column base"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /plɪnθ/Part of speech nounSorted hilnptStarts with PEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2L3I4N5T6H

Definitions

  1. an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

Word origin

From French plinthe, from Latin plinthus, from Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”).

Used in a sentence

  • The queen placed the vase on the plinth so the cupbearer could fill it with flowers.
  • There appears to be no definite information about the origin of the two large boulders, mounted on plinths, on the platforms of St. Anne's Park Station, Bristol.
  • The station building forms a street-level portal and ticket hall, connected by staircases and escalators to the sub-surface platforms. The whole structure is designed as a plinth for a future block of buildings above.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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