MSN: Derbyshire auctioneer Charles Hanson fronts his own TV series, Secret Life of the Auction House, for the first time
Derbyshire auctioneer Charles Hanson fronts his own TV series, Secret Life of the Auction House, for the first time
ROSTRUM definition: any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking. See examples of rostrum used in a sentence.
/ ˈrɑs trəm / Add to word list a podium (Definition of rostrum from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A rostrum is a raised platform on which someone stands when they are speaking to an audience, receiving a prize, or conducting an orchestra. As he stood on the winner's rostrum, he sang the words of the national anthem.
lectern, podium, dais, rostrum - A lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a dais is a platform for several people, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more.
Rostrum (from Latin rostrum, meaning beak) is a term used in anatomy for several kinds of hard, beak -like structures projecting out from the head or mouth of an animal.
Definition of rostrum noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
rostrum, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
You've probably listened to speakers who stood on a raised platform, or watched the winners in sports competitions step up onto a platform to accept their awards. The platform they're standing on is called a rostrum.