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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.

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

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rostral (-trl) adj.

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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]

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lectern, podium, dais, rostrum - A lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a dais is a platform for several people, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more.

See also related terms for platform.

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rostrum - Latin for "beak," it first referred to part of the Rome Forum decorated with bird beaks and used as a platform for speakers.

See also related terms for platform.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rostrum - a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, soapbox, stump 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 snout 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"

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rostrum

noun stage, stand, platform, podium, dais He stood on the winner's rostrum.

Translations

rostrum [ˈrɒstrəm] N (rostrums or rostra (pl)) [ˈrɒstrə]

A. N → tribuna f

B. CPD rostrum cameraman N (TV) → cámara-truca m

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rostrum [ˈrɒstrəm] n → tribune pour un orateur etc)f >

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rostrum

n pl <rostra> → Tribüne f, → Rednerpult nt; (for conductor) → Dirigentenpult nt

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rostrum [ˈrɒstrəm] n → podio, tribuna

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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