rostrum
A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performerA dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.
» They have a snout, or rostrum, that looks like a hedge-trimmer or a chainsaw.
Meaning
9 sensesA dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.
трибу́наtribúna, ка́федраkáfedra
A platform for a film or television camera.
The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
Rammsporn
The beak.
The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
Rostrum, Rüssel
beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
The snout of a dolphin.
The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral).
Any beak-like extension.
The inner segment of the coronal lobes in asclepiads.
Examples
1 sentencesThey have a snout, or rostrum, that looks like a hedge-trimmer or a chainsaw.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin rōstrum (“beak, snout”), from rōd(ō) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from PLearned borrowing from Latin rōstrum (“beak, snout”), from rōd(ō) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman Rōstra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The Rōstra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories.
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Forms
plural: rostra / rostrumsSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular