Pulpit - English meaning

noun

A container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.

Usage examples:

A cigarette box

verb

Put in or provide with a box.

Usage examples:

Each piece is boxed with a certificate of authenticity

noun

A slap with the hand on the side of a person's head.

Usage examples:

She gave him a box on the ear

noun

A low platform for a lectern or throne.

Usage examples:

The gazes of all in the room followed lamar as she ascended the steps of the dais and stood in fron…

noun

A midwife or wet nurse.

noun

An enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships.

Usage examples:

The boat nosed up to a dock

verb

(of a ship) come into a dock and tie up at a wharf.

Usage examples:

The ship docked at southampton

noun

The solid bony or fleshy part of an animal's tail, excluding the hair.

Usage examples:

Jason grabbed the towels and spread them at the dog's tail and dock.

noun

A tall stand with a sloping top to hold a book or notes, from which someone, typically a preacher or lecturer, can read while standing up.

Usage examples:

The sound reflected from the lectern arrives toward the rear of the mic, where sound is rejected.

noun

A tall, narrow piece of furniture having a sloping part that holds a book or papers to be read from while standing

noun

A short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque.

Usage examples:

In this regard, it might be compared to the minbar in a mosque, which was the place from which the …

noun

A raised level surface on which people or things can stand.

Usage examples:

There are viewing platforms where visitors may gape at the chasm

noun

A flat, raised area or structure

Usage examples:

We waited on the platform for the train to arrive from boston., he campaigned on a platform of redu…

noun

A particular computer technology that can be used with some types of software programs but not with others

Usage examples:

Companies are creating standard platforms to collect and process massive amounts of data., a comput…

noun

A small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra.

Usage examples:

He was at the podium facing an expectant conference crowd

verb

(of a competitor in a sporting event) finish first, second, or third, so as to appear on a podium to receive an award.

Usage examples:

Older riders who expected to podium may find themselves racing against other riders who are years y…

noun

A small, low box or stage that someone stands on in order to be seen by a group of people, esp. to speak or conduct music

Usage examples:

The conductor mounted the podium.

noun

A raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra.

Usage examples:

Speaker after speaker stepped up to the rostrum

noun

A podium

noun

A box or crate used as a makeshift stand by a public speaker.

Usage examples:

A soapbox orator

noun

A rough wooden box or any raised, temporary surface for people to stand on while making informal public speeches

noun

A point, period, or step in a process or development.

Usage examples:

There is no need at this stage to give explicit details

verb

Present a performance of (a play or other show).

Usage examples:

The show is being staged at the grand opera house in belfast

noun

A part of an activity, or a period of development

Usage examples:

The software is in the early stages of development., at that stage of my life, i was married but di…

noun

The method of presenting a play or other dramatic performance.

Usage examples:

The quality of staging and design

verb

Present a performance of (a play or other show).

Usage examples:

The show is being staged at the grand opera house in belfast

noun

The performance of a play or show

Usage examples:

The theater produced the first staging of any of eugene o’neill’s works.

verb

Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.

Usage examples:

Lionel stood in the doorway

noun

An attitude towards a particular issue; a position taken in an argument.

Usage examples:

The party's tough stand on immigration

verb

Be standing; be upright

noun

The bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.

Usage examples:

In addition the tree covered quite a large area which, once the stump has been ground out and the s…

verb

(of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle.

Usage examples:

Education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions

noun

An official in ancient rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests.

Usage examples:

Frustrated there, he ran for tribune of the people and was elected for 133.

noun

An apse in a basilica.

Usage examples:

However the view of the tribune of s. maria maggiore was already shown in plate 122.

noun

Used in the titles of some newspapers

Usage examples:

The new york tribune