n. A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other art work.
n. The sum of the minimal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
n. The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See plinth.
n. A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In architecture, a low, plain member, serving as a foundation for a wall or pedestal, or to support vases or other ornaments.
n. One of the ridges or elevations which support the tentacles and sense-bodies of some worms.
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n. a plain plinth that supports a wall
Word Usage
"Do you know, however, 'continued he musingly,' that at Sparta (which is now Palaeochori) -- at Sparta, I say, to the west of the citadel, among a chaos of scarcely visible ruins, is a kind of socle, upon which are still legible the letters."