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column
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
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noun
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
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a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
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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
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any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
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a page or text that is vertically divided
“the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject”
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an article giving opinions or perspectives
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a line of units following one after another
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a vertical array of numbers or other information
“he added a column of numbers”
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anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
“the test tube held a column of white powder”
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the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject
the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns
he added a column of numbers
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
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