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(noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dais (plural daises)
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc, which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]
(historical, northern Britain) A bench, a settle, a pew.
(obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table. [13th–17th c.]
The canopy over an altar, etc.
• (raised platform): podium
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Dais
plural of Dai
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Source: Wiktionary
Da"is (da"îs), n. Etym: [OE. deis, des, table, dais, OF. deis table, F. dais a canopy, L. discus a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr. a quoit, a dish. See Dish.]
1. The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table. [Obs.]
2. A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.
3. A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [Obs.] Shiply.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
