The word "plinth" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that refers to the pediment or base of a column, statue, or similar structure or an architectural support. For example, "The plinth of the marble statue was cracked and lying in pieces on the ground."
Instead, the plinth has become a place for rubberneckers to congregate, shake their heads and wonder what on earth has become of the club.
Along the western flank of the city are the first towers of the Jabal Omar development, a sprawling complex that will eventually accommodate 100,000 people in 26 luxury hotels – sitting on another gargantuan plinth of 4,000 shops and 500 restaurants, along with its own six-storey prayer hall.
He did, however, prove himself to be fairly adept at the Q-shaped plinth he'd been plonked on, shooting down the tail whenever he wanted to look earnest, like U2 during a ballad.
The best-case scenario is that Brand was hosting some sort of depraved sex party, and that Miliband had gone along to strap himself to a rotating plinth and act as a kind of fleshy, fluid-covered centrepiece.
This small library was built to mark the site of the house where the prophet was born, known as the House of Mawlid, the remains of which Alawi says still lie beneath its raised plinth.
The structure has a high plinth, say about 8-10 feethethe interior being approachable by steps reserved for accommodating a body.
Just 18% think a statue of Thatcher should adorn the spare plinth in Trafalgar Square (Conservative supporters divide 38% in favour, 43% against).
Again, though, it simply came off as a rehash of his greatest hits: a smattering of let-me-be-clears, a puffed-up I'm-the-leader and – just for the fanboys who'd been with him since the very beginning – an awkward tumble from the plinth as an encore.
In addition to a handshake and interview, the man of the moment would at the very least receive a tray of golden goblets, perhaps a $500 cheque and maybe even a Baccarat crystal ships decanter (classy), which was upgraded to the coveted gold-handled ice bucket - on a plinth, no less - for the man of the series.
Successes, such as Antony Gormley's huge (and hugely popular) "The Angel of the North", and the ongoing wrangle over who or what should occupy the spare plinth in Trafalgar Square, have helped to raise sculpture's profile.Two factors are driving this trend.
Close to the Palestine Hotel, where the western journalists were based, several hundred civilians collected around a statue of Saddam, perched upon a massive plinth.
