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COLUMN

Definition:

1. [noun] a line of (usually military) units following one after another
   
   
2. [noun] a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
   Synonyms: chromatography
   
   
3. [noun] a linear array of numbers one above another
   
   
4. [noun] anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"
   Synonyms: tower, pillar
   
   
5. [noun] an article giving opinions or perspectives
   Synonyms: editorial, newspaper
   
   
6. [noun] a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
   Synonyms: pillar
   
   
7. [noun] (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
   Synonyms: pillar
   
   

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Related Words:

• columella
• hoodoo
• agony column
• obelisk
• totem pole
• atlas, telamon
• caryatid
• newel
• pilaster
• pile, spile, piling, stilt
• support column

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