PEDESTAL

[noun] [C] - a long thin column which supports a statue, or a tall column-like structure on which something restsIn the riot, the statues were toppled from their pedestals.A flower arrangement in a large basket stood on a (flower) pedestal (= one which supports an arrangement of flowers) in the corner of the room.We have a pedestal washbasin (= an open container for water which rests on a column-like structure) in our bathroom.See picture: BathroomIf you put someone on a pedestal, you treat them with great respect and admiration.As a child, she had put her father on a pedestal. Compare knock someone off their pedestal at knock (HIT).