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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 Word Forms
- DZuԱ [kol, -, uh, md], DZ·ܳ·Բ· [kol, -, uh, m-ney-tid], adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of column1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
News columns and broadcasts this month were filled with nerve-racking warnings about threats to your health and safety.
Moumen seems undaunted, writing a furious column for the Washington Post at the end of March.
Undoubtedly there will be dialogue about how this column represents just another old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn.
Kudos to Dylan Hernández for his column “Dodgers are no longer agents of change,” noting the absurdity of a Dodger team going to the White House to meet Donald Trump.
In a 2019 column, the American Lawyer called Munger, Tolles “a top contender in the cool, woke category” — which is about as far removed from the Trump World groove as it gets.
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