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column
[ kol-uhm ]
noun
- Architecture.
- a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces.
- a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- any columnlike object, mass, or formation:
a column of smoke.
- a vertical row or list:
Add this column of figures.
- a vertical arrangement on a page of horizontal lines of type, usually typographically justified:
There are three columns on this page.
- a regular feature or series of articles in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually having a readily identifiable heading and the byline of the writer or editor, that reports or comments upon a particular field of interest, as politics, theater, or etiquette, or which may contain letters from readers, answers to readers' queries, etc.
- a long, narrow formation of troops in which there are more members in line in the direction of movement than at right angles to the direction ( line 1def 35 ).
- a formation of ships in single file.
- Botany. a columnlike structure in an orchid flower, composed of the united stamens and style.
column
/ ˈkɒləmˌneɪtɪd; ˈkɒləm; kəˈlʌmnə /
noun
- an upright post or pillar usually having a cylindrical shaft, a base, and a capital
- a form or structure in the shape of a column
a column of air
- a monument
- a row, line, or file, as of people in a queue
- military a narrow formation in which individuals or units follow one behind the other
- journalism
- any of two or more vertical sections of type on a printed page, esp on a newspaper page
- a regular article or feature in a paper
the fashion column
- a vertical array of numbers or mathematical terms
- botany a long structure in a flower, such as that of an orchid, consisting of the united stamens and style
- anatomy zoology any elongated structure, such as a tract of grey matter in the spinal cord or the stalk of a crinoid
Derived Forms
- columnar, adjective
- ˈDZܳԱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- DZuԱ [kol, -, uh, md], DZ·ܳ·Բ· [kol, -, uh, m-ney-tid], adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of column1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I agree with Dylan Hernandez’s very insightful column regarding the team’s upcoming planned visit to the White House.
Saka has gone from 'player to watch' to essential in this column in the space of three weeks.
Democrats, engaged in a sometimes acrimonious debate over strategy and political priorities, would like Florida to get them back in the win column – or at least give them hope of better days to come.
Structural beams, columns and slabs held up, despite extreme shaking and swaying of some high-rises.
"A 'flat slab' system is a way of constructing buildings where floors are made to rest directly on columns, without using beams," he explained.
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