rostrums
Stages for orators
Rostrums is the plural of rostrum, a platform or stage for public speaking.
The word comes from the Latin for a ship's beak—the speaker's platform in ancient Rome was decorated with captured ships' prows.
A rostrum may be a simple lectern or an elaborate raised dais: The candidates took their places at the rostrums.
Raised platform for speakers
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- platformRaised flat structure
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- daisRaised speaker's platform
stage · oratory · address · rhetoric · discourse · keynote · sermon · lecture
Horny avian mouthpart
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- proboscisElongated animal head appendage
- mouthpartFeeding structure on arthropods
- projectionSomething that extends outward
antenna · appendage · insect · crustacean · anatomical · elongation
podium
Raised platform for speakers
dais · stage · oratory · address · rhetoric · discourse · keynote · sermon · lecture · presentation
beak
Horny avian mouthpart
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- proboscisElongated animal head appendage
- mouthpartFeeding structure on arthropods
projection · antenna · appendage · insect · crustacean · anatomical · elongation
prow
Vessel's forward section
warship · trireme · galley · battering · ancient · Roman · Greek · maritime · vessel · ramming