plinth
noun/plɪnθ/
/plɪnθ/
- a block of stone on which a column or statue standsTopics Buildingsc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin plinthus, from Greek plinthos ‘tile, brick, squared stone’. The Latin form was in early use in English.
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