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🧱 A base or plinth 🏛️ A public square 🇲🇽 Main city square
zócalo

zócalo

9.9
A low base placed under heavy things such as a statue or column
  • noun
  • /ˈzoʊkəloʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : zócalo
  • The artist placed her sculpture on a marble zócalo in the center of the gallery.

Examples

  • They installed a wooden zócalo along the base of the living room walls for a finished look.

  • The ancient column rested on a stone zócalo that had weathered over centuries.

  • The statue stands on a beautiful zócalo.

  • Many columns are supported by zócalos in ancient buildings.

  • The ancient column rested on a stone zócalo that had weathered over centuries.

  • They installed a wooden zócalo along the base of the living room walls for a finished look.

  • The artist placed her sculpture on a marble zócalo in the center of the gallery.

Synonyms

plinth
vszócalo
2 8.4

A heavy base that supports a statue or column

is lower and can mean a wall skirting board as well
socle
vszócalo
  • Specialized
9.9

A low stone base that supports a statue, column, or wall

includes low bases and also skirting boards at wall bottoms
footstall
vszócalo
  • Archaic
9.9

A low base that supports a column or statue

is broader, also covering small skirting pieces at wall edges

How High

platform
90 1.6
pedestal
24 4.5
zócalo
  • Specialized
9.9
base
204 1.0
skirting board
  • UK
1 4.8

Surface Forms

zócalo singular
zócalos plural

Etymology

Zócalo comes from the old Italian zoccolo, which meant a 'block' or 'wooden shoe'. Imagine a shoe or block under a statue holding it up, and you will remember it means a 'base' or plinth.