That’s a base not a plinth. The plinth is the bit that supports both the platter and tonearm.
That's so funny.
For those of us for whom English is our first language, a plinth is a base - example being the square base under the greek columns.
It derives from the greek word plinthus which means tile or brick.
Thereafter the Latin word plinthus which was shortened by the English to "plinth".
The English expanded the use of the word to describe the bases for vases and urns.
Perhaps you could write to the folk that compile the Merriam Webster dictionary, the predominant American dictionary, to advise them of this new definition.