Synonyms for ambo

Most common

soap box · podium · pulpit · rostrum

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

Related words

Other spellings

ambon

Forms

Plural

ambos → pulpits, podiums, rostrums, stumps…

Example sentences

• podium I knew I could get a podium, and that's all I wanted.
• pulpit From the pulpit, he preached about love and forgiveness.
• rostrum They have a snout, or rostrum, that looks like a hedge-trimmer or a chainsaw.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

dais¹

5 letters

stump¹

6 letters

podium³, pulpit²

7 letters

rostrum²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (podium³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français

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