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pillar /pilˈər/ noun- A detached support, not necessarily cylindrical or of classical proportions (architecture)
- A structure of similar form erected as a monument, ornament, object of worship, etc
- A tall upright rock
- A mass of coal or rock left in a mine to support the roof
- Anything in the form of a column
- A supporting post
- The post supporting a bicycle saddle
- (in a car) a vertical column of bodywork, eg the door pillar separating the front and rear doors
- A cylinder holding the plates of a watch or clock in position
- A pillarbox
- Someone who, or anything that, sustains
ORIGIN: OFr piler (Fr pilier), from LL pīlāre, from L pīla a pillar pillˈarist noun (also pillˈar-saint) an ascetic living on the top of a pillar, a stylite pillar box noun A short hollow pillar for posting letters in pillˈar-box red noun The traditional bright-red colour of British pillar boxes (also adjective) pillˈar-root noun A supporting root descending from a branch from pillar to post - From one state of difficulty to another
- Hither and thither
Pillars of Islam The five major Islamic duties, ie the statement of faith, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and pilgrimage to Mecca post1 /pōst/ noun- A stout, stiff stake or pillar of timber or other material, usu fixed in an upright position
- An upright member of a frame, a vertical timber supporting a horizontal one (often in compounds, as in doorpost, goalpost)
- An upright pole marking the beginning or end of a race track, a starting-post or winning post
- The pin of a lock
- The shaft of an earring, the part that passes through the hole in the earlobe
- A solid thickish stratum (geology)
- A pillar of coal left in a mine as a support
- A tavern doorpost, on which a score was chalked (Shakespeare)
transitive verb- To stick up on a post, hence on a board, door, wall, hoarding, etc
- To announce, advertise or denounce by placard
- To announce the name of in a published list
- To make available online or on an Internet site
- To placard as having failed in an examination, or failed to be classed
- To announce (a ship) as overdue
- To affix a bill or notice to
ORIGIN: OE post, from L postis a doorpost, from pōnere to place postˈer noun post hole noun (archaeology) A hole sunk in the ground to take a fence post, roof support, etc Postˈ-it® or Post-it note® noun A small piece of paper on which a note may be written, the adhesive on its back allowing it to be temporarily affixed to a variety of surfaces post mill noun A windmill pivoted on a post between you and me and the (bed-, lamp-, gate-, etc) post In confidence first past the post Having reached the winning post first, having won the race (see also first-past-the-post under first) from pillar to post see under pillar sheriff's post (historical) A post at a sheriff's door (see under sheriff) |