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1. (n.) rostrum
any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
2. rostrum
a pulpit.
3. rostrum
a beaklike anatomical process or extension of a part.
4. rostrum
a beaklike projection from the prow of a ship, esp. one on an ancient warship for ramming an enemy ship; ram.
5. rostrum
Usu., rostra. (sometimes cap.) the speaker's platform in the Forum of ancient Rome.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L rōstrum snout, beak of a bird, ship's prow)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
2. (noun) snout, rostrum
beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rostrum
the beak or head of a ship
2. (noun) rostrum
the Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators
3. (noun) rostrum
hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker
4. (noun) rostrum
any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds
5. (noun) rostrum
the beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera
6. (noun) rostrum
the snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina
7. (noun) rostrum
the anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn
8. (noun) rostrum
same as Rostellum
9. (noun) rostrum
the pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic
10. (noun) rostrum
a pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. rostrum
a pulpit in the forum of Rome where the orators delivered harangues to the people, so called as originally constructed of the prows of war-vessels taken at the first naval battle in which Rome was engaged.
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Sense: a platform on which a public speaker stands.
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 Afrikaans: rostrum |
 Arabic: مِنْبَر، منَصَّه |
 Bulgarian: трибуна |
 Brazilian: tribuna |
 Czech: tribuna |
 German: die Rednerbühne |
 Danish: talerstol |
 Greek: βήμα ομιλητή |
 Spanish: tribuna |
 Estonian: pult |
 Farsi: منبر؛ سکو |
 Finnish: puhujakoroke |
 French: tribune |
 Hebrew: בָּמָה |
 Hindi: मंच, चोंच |
 Croatian: govornica, tribina |
 Hungarian: (szónoki) emelvény; (karm |
 Indonesian: panggung |
 Icelandic: ræðupallur |
 Italian: tribuna |
 Japanese: 演壇 |
 Korean: 연단 |
 Lithuanian: tribūna |
 Latvian: tribīne; katedra |
 Malay: rostrum |
 Dutch: podium |
 Norwegian: talerstol, kateter |
 Polish: mównica |
 Persian: منبر؛ سکو |
 Pashto: منبر |
 Portuguese: tribuna |
 Romanian: tribună |
 Russian: трибуна |
 Slovak: tribúna |
 Slovenian: govorniški oder |
 Serbian: govornica |
 Swedish: talarstol, podium |
 Thai: แท่นหรือเวที |
 Turkish: kürsü |
 Taiwanese: 講台 |
 Ukrainian: трибуна |
 Urdu: ممبر جہاں سے تقریر کی جاء |
 Vietnamese: bục phát biểu |
 Chinese: 讲坛 |
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