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ros·trum    Audio Help   [ros-truhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tra    Audio Help   [-truh] Pronunciation Key, -trums.
1.any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
2.a pulpit.
3.a beaklike projection from the prow of a ship, esp. one on an ancient warship for ramming an enemy ship; beak; ram.
4.Roman Antiquity. (in the forum) the raised platform, adorned with the beaks of captured warships, from which orations, pleadings, etc., were delivered.
5.Biology. a beaklike process or extension of some part; rostellum.
6.British Theater. a raised platform or dais, esp. one with hinged sides that can be folded and stored within a relatively small space.
[Origin: 1570–80; < L rōstrum snout, bill, beak of a bird, ship's prow (in pl., speaker's platform), equiv. to rōd(ere) to gnaw, bite (cf. rodent) + -trum instrumental suffix, with dt > st]

—Synonyms 1. stand, dais, podium, lectern.
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Main Entry:  rostrum
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  dais, lectern, platform, podium, pulpit, snout, stage, tribune
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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