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Definitions for Column

[1] Architecture . a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
[2] any columnlike object, mass, or formation: a column of smoke.
[3] a vertical row or list: Add this column of figures.
[4] a vertical arrangement on a page of horizontal lines of type, usually typographically justified: There are three columns on this page.
[5] a regular feature or series of articles in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually having a readily identifiable heading and the byline of the writer or editor, that reports or comments upon a particular field of interest, as politics, theater, or etiquette, or which may contain letters from readers, answers to readers' queries, etc.
[6] a long, narrow formation of troops in which there are more members in line in the direction of movement than at right angles to the direction (distinguished from line1def 35 ).
[7] a formation of ships in single file.
[8] Botany . a columnlike structure in an orchid flower, composed of the united stamens and style.
[9] an upright post or pillar usually having a cylindrical shaft, a base, and a capital
[10] a form or structure in the shape of a column a column of air a monument
[11] a row, line, or file, as of people in a queue
[12] military a narrow formation in which individuals or units follow one behind the other
[13] journalism any of two or more vertical sections of type on a printed page, esp on a newspaper page a regular article or feature in a paper the fashion column
[14] a vertical array of numbers or mathematical terms
[15] botany a long structure in a flower, such as that of an orchid, consisting of the united stamens and style
[16] anatomy zoology any elongated structure, such as a tract of grey matter in the spinal cord or the stalk of a crinoid

Words related to Column

list, file, monument, string, platoon, company, rank, queue, cavalcade, train, row, cylinder, monolith, buttress, totem, pedestal, support, prop, brace, obelisk

Words nearby Column

columbus air force base, columbus day, columbus, christopher, columella, columelliform, column, column chromatography, column dress, column inch, column of fornix, column vector

Origin of Column

1400–50; late Middle English columne < Latin columna, equivalent to colum(e)n peak + -a feminine ending; akin to excel; replacing late Middle English colompne < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

Other words from Column

col·umned [kol -uh  md] /ˈkɒl əmd/ , col·um·nat·ed [kol -uh  m-ney-tid] /ˈkɒl əmˌneɪ tɪd/ , adjective

Word origin for Column

C15: from Latin columna, from columen top, peak; related to Latin collis hill

Synonyms for Column

file, list, cavalcade, company, platoon, queue, rank, row, string, train