/
ˈrɒstrəm/
n.
(pl. rostra
/-trə/
or rostrums)
- a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, play music, or conduct an orchestra.
▸a similar platform for supporting a film or television camera.
- chiefly Zoology a beak-like projection.
Derivative
- rostrate
/-strət/
(also rostrated)
adj. (chiefly Zoology ).
Etymology
C16: from L., lit. ‘beak’; orig. used to denote an orator's platform in the Forum in Rome, which was decorated with the beaks of captured galleys.
