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rostrum [ˈrɒstrəm] n pl -trums, -tra [-trə]
1. any platform, stage, or dais on which public speakers stand to address an audience 2. (Music / Classical Music) a platform or dais in front of an orchestra on which the conductor stands 3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (Historical Terms) another word for ram [5] 4. (Historical Terms) (Transport / Nautical Terms) the prow or beak of an ancient Roman ship 5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology Zoology a beak or beaklike part [from Latin rōstrum beak, ship's prow, from rōdere to nibble, gnaw; in plural, rōstra, orator's platform, because this platform in the Roman forum was adorned with the prows of captured ships] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
rostrum Translations rostrum [ˈrɒstrəm] N (rostrums or rostra (pl)) [ˈrɒstrə] A. N → tribuna f B. CPD rostrum cameraman N (TV) → cámara-truca m 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 puhujakoroke tribune בָּמָה मंच, चोंच govornica, tribina (szónoki) emelvény; (karmesteri) pódium, pulpitus, dobogó panggung ræðupallur tribuna 演壇 연단 tribūna tribīne; katedra rostrum podium talerstol, kateter mównica tribuna tribună трибуна tribúna govorniški oder govornica talarstol, podium แท่นหรือเวที kürsü 講台 трибуна ممبر جہاں سے تقریر کی جاءے bục phát biểu 讲坛 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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