Rostra
Meaning of Rostra
- a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra.
speaker after speaker stepped up to the rostrum
the winner's rostrum
the composer moved from keyboard to rostrum
- a beaklike projection, especially a stiff snout or anterior prolongation of the head in an insect, crustacean, or cetacean.
these beetles are very easily recognized by the rostrum or beak
mid 16th century: from Latin, literally ‘beak’ (from rodere ‘gnaw’). The word was originally used (at first in the plural rostra ) to denote part of the Forum in Rome, which was decorated with the beaks of captured galleys, and was used as a platform for public speakers.
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Hyphenation of Rostra
Ros-tra
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Rostra is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Rostra synonyms
Meaning a low platform for a lectern or throne:
Meaning a raised floor or stage used by public speakers or performers so that they can be seen by their audience:
Meaning a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra:
Meaning a raised floor or platform, typically in a theatre, on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform:
Meaning a box or crate used as a makeshift stand by a public speaker:
Meaning an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests:
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Words that rhyme with Rostra
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