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   Col·umn

   /ˈkäləm/

   

   noun

   • 1. an upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting an entablature, arch, or other structure or standing alone as a monument: "a wide entrance portico of eight Ionic columns" Similar pillarpostpolesupportuprightverticalbalusterpierpilepilingpilasterstanchionstandardpropbuttressrodshaftlegmasttowerpylonobeliskmonolithtechnical:newelcaryatidtelamonherm
   • ▪ a vertical, roughly cylindrical thing: "a great column of smoke"
   • ▪ an upright shaft forming part of a machine and typically used for controlling it: "a Spitfire control column"
   • 2. a vertical division of a page or text: "turn to page five, column seven"
   • ▪ a vertical arrangement of figures or other information: "list your strengths and weaknesses in two columns"
   • ▪ a section of a newspaper or magazine regularly devoted to a particular subject or written by a particular person: "he has a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper" Similar articlepiece (of writing)itemstoryreportaccountwrite-upfeatureessaycompositionstudyreviewcriticismcritiquenoticecommentaryeditorialleaderinformal:crit
   • 3. one or more lines of people or vehicles moving in the same direction: "a column of tanks moved northwest" Similar linefileprocessionrankrowstringchaintraintrailprogressionsuccessioncavalcadeparademotorcadecarcadecortègeconvoyqueuemarch-pastinformal:crocodile
   • ▪ a narrow-fronted deep formation of troops in successive lines: "a column of 300 to 400 troops"
   • ▪ a military force or convoy of ships: "Moran had commanded a column in the war" Similar linefileprocessionrankrowstringchaintraintrailprogressionsuccessioncavalcadeparademotorcadecarcadecortègeconvoyqueuemarch-pastinformal:crocodile

   Word Origin late Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna ‘pillar’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. columned adjective

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