Definition: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Similar words: upright, vertical
Definition: a vertical structural member as a post or stake
Usage: the ball sailed between the uprights
Definition: a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
Similar words: structure, construction
Definition: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
Usage: the structure consisted of a series of arches; she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
Synonyms: column, chromatography column
Definition: 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
Definition: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
Synonyms: column
Definition: any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
Similar words: skeletal structure
Definition: any structure created by the skeleton of an organism
Synonyms: column
Definition: a page or text that is vertically divided
Usage: the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject; the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns
Similar words: text, textual matter
Definition: the words of something written
Usage: there were more than a thousand words of text; they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech; he wants to reconstruct the original text
Synonyms: column, newspaper column, editorial
Definition: an article giving opinions or perspectives
Similar words: article
Definition: nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
Synonyms: column
Definition: a line of units following one after another
Similar words: Indian file, file, single file
Definition: a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
Synonyms: column
Definition: a vertical array of numbers or other information
Usage: he added a column of numbers
Synonyms: tower, pillar, column
Definition: anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
Usage: 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
Definition: the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
Usage: geometry is the mathematical science of shape