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Meaning of 'column' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Column [ n.]
- A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
- Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.
- A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
- A small army.
- A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.
- A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
- A perpendicular line of figures.
- The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

Meaning of 'column' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . column [ n]
Meaning (1):
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
Example in sentence:
  • a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite;
  • a tower of dust rose above the horizon;
  • the test tube held a column of white powder
Meaning (2):
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
Example in sentence:
  • he added a column of numbers
Meaning (3):
- a page or text that is vertically divided
Example in sentence:
  • the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns;
  • the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject

Nearby Words:

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