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lectern

noun

/ˈlɛktən/

Meaning

A tall stand with a sloping top used to support a book, notes, or script during a speech or lecture.

The professor placed her notes on the lectern before starting her lecture.

podium, pulpit, stand, desk, rostrum

floor, ground, seat

wooden lectern, stand at the lectern, lectern microphone

The amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency.

A building where people pay to stay and sleep, usually for short periods.

Conformity to truth or fact; accuracy or truthfulness.

Societies based on agriculture and farming as the primary economic activity.

An unrestrained outpouring of words, feelings, or emotions.

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