column
noun
[ ˈkɒləm ]
• an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument.
• "a wide entrance portico of eight Ionic columns"
Similar:
pillar,
post,
pole,
support,
upright,
vertical,
baluster,
pier,
pile,
piling,
pilaster,
stanchion,
standard,
prop,
buttress,
rod,
shaft,
leg,
mast,
tower,
pylon,
obelisk,
monolith,
newel,
caryatid,
telamon,
herm,
• a vertical division of a page or text.
• "turn to page five, column seven"
• one or more lines of people or vehicles moving in the same direction.
• "a column of tanks moved north-west"
Similar:
line,
file,
procession,
rank,
row,
string,
chain,
train,
trail,
progression,
succession,
cavalcade,
parade,
motorcade,
carcade,
cortège,
convoy,
queue,
march-past,
crocodile,
Origin:
late Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna ‘pillar’.
