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rostrum

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ros·trum  (rstrm, rôstrm)
n. pl. ros·trums or ros·tra (rstr, rôstr)
1. A dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking.
2.
a. The curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley.
b. The speaker's platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.
3. Biology A beaklike or snoutlike projection.

[Latin rstrum, beak; see rd- in Indo-European roots.]

rostral (-trl) adj.

rostrum
Noun
pl -trums or -tra a platform or stage [Latin: beak]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rostrumrostrum - a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
2.rostrum - beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"

rostrum
Translations
rostrum [ˈrɔstrəm] ntribuna

rostrum [ˈrɔstrəm] ntribune f (pour un orateur etc)

rostrum [ˈrɔstrəm] nRednerpult nt

rostrum [ˈrɔstrəm] ntribuna

rostrum
n rostrum [ˈrostrəm]
a platform on which a public speaker stands. rostrum مِنْبَر، منَصَّه трибуна tribuna talerstol die Rednerbühne βήμα ομιλητή tribuna pult منبر؛ سکو koroke tribune בָּמָה मंच, चोंच govornica, tribina (szónoki) emelvény; (karmesteri) pódium, pulpitus, dobogó panggung ræðupallur tribuna 演壇 연단, 강단 tribūna tribīne; katedra rostrum podium talerstol, kateter mównica tribuna tribună трибуна tribúna govorniški oder govornica talarstol, podium แท่นหรือเวที kürsü 講壇 трибуна ممبر جہاں سے تقریر کی جاءے bục phát biểu


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On the floor of this chamber, which was dotted with highly carved wooden desks and chairs, were assembled about forty or fifty male Martians around the steps of a rostrum.
The first pupil whom the Abbé de Saint Pierre de Val, at the moment of beginning his reading on canon law, always perceived, glued to a pillar of the school Saint-Vendregesile, opposite his rostrum, was Claude Frollo, armed with his horn ink-bottle, biting his pen, scribbling on his threadbare knee, and, in winter, blowing on his fingers.
One by one the masters mounted the rostrum beside the slave block upon which stood their chattels.
 
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