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
1400–50; late Middle English columne<Latin columna, equivalent to colum(e)n peak + -a feminine ending; akin to excel; replacing late Middle English colompne<Anglo-French <Latin, as above
synonym study for column
1. Column,pillar refer to upright supports in architectural structures. Pillar is the general word: the pillars supporting the roof. A column is a particular kind of pillar, especially one with an identifiable shaft, base, and capital: columns of the Corinthian order.
In the figure below, the column on the left is a list of all pages.
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In a recent newspaper column, Josefowitz wrote about the pandemic affording free time to tackle procrastinated tasks.
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When placed on the column, each ring slid down to its correct position, if possible.
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A pressure sensor on a tag attached to a shark’s fin recorded the animal’s swimming depth at one-second intervals as the shark moved up and down in the water column.
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At the end of my five-day experiment, I created a spreadsheet of my results, with each group getting its own column.
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Sometimes a column has the economy and rhythm of a short story.
The Best Columns of 2014|John Avlon, Errol Louis|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My editor called and said, “Do a column on this Lena Dunham flap!”
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His sign was the last one people saw as the column of marchers passed them, it read, “Am I next?”
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The Washington Post wrote, “it would take almost a column of The Post just to tell the names of all the animals within.”
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Thus, every column would contain one hundred and ten tons of marble, besides base and capital!
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II)|Charles Bucke
If this is to be the case the capital must be rendered congruous with the column it should surmount.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII|Various
Dick was at the head of the column with Colonel Winchester and the sergeant.
The Rock of Chickamauga|Joseph A. Altsheler
Turning over the page, a column and a quarter is occupied with a general summary of European news by the P. and 0.
Town Life in Australia|R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
Merodach's column terminated in a lance head, and the head of a lion crowned that of Nergal.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for column
column
/ (ˈkɒləm) /
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 columna column of air
a monument
a row, line, or file, as of people in a queue
militarya 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 paperthe fashion column
a vertical array of numbers or mathematical terms
botanya long structure in a flower, such as that of an orchid, consisting of the united stamens and style
anatomyzoologyany elongated structure, such as a tract of grey matter in the spinal cord or the stalk of a crinoid
Any of various tubular or pillarlike supporting structures in the body, such as the spinal column, each generally having a single tissue origin and function.