podium

An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker.

A stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern.

A low wall serving as a foundation.

A wall circling the arena of an ancient amphitheater.

A structure resembling or functioning as a foot.

To complete a competition, especially a race, as one of the top three contestants, usually being honored while standing on a podium.

In echinoderms, one of the tube-feet.

In architecture, a continuous pedestal; a stylobate; also, a raised platform which surrounded the arena of the ancient amphitheater, upon which sat persons of distinction, or a bench surrounding a room.

In zoology and anatomy, the foot; the pes: usually applied in ornithology to the toes collectively, without the shank of the foot.