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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
The piece talked down to Roan and diminished her requests as childish and unthinking — ironic for something as petulant as the column reads.
Dear Liz: I read your column about the parent who unexpectedly had to take over for their incapacitated son.
Excitable columns are already being penned in anticipation, proclaiming that two-party politics is dead.
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.
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