lectern

Noun

Meaning

See Lecturn.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

podium reading desk tribune ambo support stage forum table board stand bar platform counter console chair
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Antonyms

run leave lose dispute yield fail
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Hypernyms

stand

Related terms

lector lecture lesson lection

Phrases with the word

lectern socialism

Examples

After my speech, the President detached himself from the group of appalling old waxworks who accompanied him and took his place at the lectern. He then gave a kind of "propaganda" speech which was loudly cheered by the bussed-in party faithful at the suitable moment in the text. Charles III

To win that war [with radical Islamic extremists] we need a commander-in-chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. Sarah Palin

After McCarthy’s speech, Washington Lt. Gov. Victor Aloysius Meyers, a former band leader, traipsed across the stage and seized the lectern. Source: Internet

After stepping down from the lectern, Trump shook hands with the dignitaries in the audience. Source: Internet

Aykroyd presented the award alone, and stated from the lectern: "My partner would have loved to have been here tonight to present this award, since he was a bit of a Visual Effect himself." Source: Internet

CLEVELAND — It started out civilly enough, with President Donald Trump striding deliberately to his lectern, and Democrat Joe Biden nodding to his opponent and offering a "How you doing, man?" Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Lecroy lect lectal lectern socialism lectic lectica