Freebase (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Pedestal. Pedestal is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase.
Playing card. Playing cards is the name for the 54 cards used card games like poker, bridge, blackjack, and solitaire. There are 52 basic cards in a deck. These cards have a suit and a number (called the value or rank). There are 4 suits and 13 ranks in each suit. There are also two Jokers that do not have a suit or a rank.
In a game of cards, trumps is the suit which is chosen to have the highest value in one particular game. Hearts are trumps. ...the ace of trumps. 2. countable noun. In a game of cards, a trump is a playing card which belongs to the suit which has been chosen as trumps.