You can make 54 words from podium according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of podium
podium
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinpodium, from Ancient Greekπόδιον(pódion, “base”), from diminutive of πούς(poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ.diəm/
Rhymes: -əʊdiəm
Noun
podium (pluralpodiumsorpodia)
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
(sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
(sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
(sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
(botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.
Usage notes
Some people object to the “stand for holding notes” sense on the grounds that because of its etymology, podium ought to refer to something that is stood upon (or that at least pertains to the feet in some way), and that lectern should be used instead, as it refers to “reading”. However, this use is well established in US English and reported without comment in US dictionaries.
Synonyms
(stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly):lectern
Derived terms
podium position
Translations
Verb
podium (third-person singular simple presentpodiums, present participlepodiuming, simple past and past participlepodiumed)
(sports, colloquial) To finish in the top three at an event or competition.
“podium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“podium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
podium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
podium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“podium”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
“podium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“podium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin