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.
A standard deck of playing cards produced by The U.S. Playing Card Co. comes with a total of 56 cards. 52 playing cards comprise the deck proper. In addition to the basic deck, two jokers are included, bringing the total to 54. These can be used if one of the cards becomes damaged in some way that makes it recognizable to the other players.