column
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 (distinguished from line1 def. 35).
a formation of ships in single file.
Botany. a columnlike structure in an orchid flower, composed of the united stamens and style.
Origin of column
1synonym study For column
Other words from column
- columned [kol-uhmd], /ˈkɒl əmd/, col·um·nat·ed [kol-uhm-ney-tid], /ˈkɒl əmˌneɪ tɪd/, adjective
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How to use column in a sentence
Every year, we catalogue the best columns of the year here at The Daily Beast.
A few minor notes, born of reflection: Traditionally, the best columns are dominated by politics—its most popular topic.
The increasingly vicious debate has since migrated into newspaper columns and TV.
Bulbous columns, winding staircases, and whimsical bas-reliefs of mythical creatures wrap around the palace.
The Postman Who Built a Palace in France…by Hand | Nina Strochlic | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe newsreel footage in Watchers of the Sky follows columns of refugees fleeing war, suitcases and small children in their arms.
Within were the park and the deer, and the mansion rearing its brilliant columns amidst the redundant groves of a Spanish autumn.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe stood still an instant, hidden by the porphyry columns of the portico.
Those soaring columns held up the very sky, and their foundations made the earth itself swing true.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodWhen the main French columns were deployed, Lannes, with the remnant of his indomitable corps, had a brief period of rest.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe first and second companies fired volleys to cover the advance of the other columns.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
British Dictionary definitions for column
/ (ˈkɒləm) /
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
Origin of column
1Derived forms of column
- columnar (kəˈlʌmnə), adjective
- columned or columnated (ˈkɒləmˌneɪtɪd), adjective
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