Column
21column */*/*/ — UK [ˈkɒləm] / US [ˈkɑləm] noun [countable] Word forms column : singular column plural columns 1) a) a tall thick post used for supporting a roof or decorating a building marble columns b) a tall thick post built in a public place to honour an… …
22column — col|umn [ kaləm ] noun count *** ▸ 1 tall thick post ▸ 2 something rising into the air ▸ 3 of writing/numbers ▸ 4 in newspaper/magazine ▸ 5 line of people/vehicles 1. ) a tall thick post used for supporting a roof or decorating a building: marble …
23column — noun 1) arches supported by massive columns Syn: pillar, post, support, upright, baluster, pier, pile, pilaster, stanchion; obelisk, monolith; Doric column, Ionic column, Corinthian column, Tuscan column 2) …
24COLUMN — Columns developed as ornate, cylindrical posts that functioned as part of the post and lintel structural system. These pillars were originally modeled after trees or other forms of upright vegetation. A column is typically divided into three… …
25column — n. 1 Archit. an upright cylindrical pillar often slightly tapering and usu. supporting an entablature or arch, or standing alone as a monument. 2 a structure or part shaped like a column. 3 a vertical cylindrical mass of liquid or vapour. 4 a a… …
26column — noun Etymology: Middle English columne, from Anglo French columpne, from Latin columna, from columen top; akin to Latin collis hill more at hill Date: 15th century 1. a. a vertical arrangement of items printed or written on a page b. one of two… …
27column — 1. An anatomic part or structure in the form of a pillar or cylindric funiculus. SEE ALSO: fascicle. 2. A vertical object (usually cylindrical), mass, or formation. SYN: columna [TA]. [L. columna] …
28column — Synonyms and related words: KP, antenna tower, arcade, arch, army, army group, article, atlas, baluster, balustrade, banister, barbican, barrel, barrow, base, battalion, battery, battle group, belfry, bell tower, bole, book, boundary stone, brace …
29column — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pillar, shaft; formation (of troops, figures, etc.); article, byline. See continuity, rotundity, support, combatant, news, height. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A post] Syn. pillar, support, prop, shaft,… …
30column — n. [L. columna, column] 1. Any column shaped structure. 2. (CNIDARIA) The body. 3. (ECHINODERMATA: Crinoidea) Segments that makeup the stem …
