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 Definitions of column  [ˈkɒl əm]  

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Definition of 'column' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) column
a rigid, slender upright support composed of relatively few pieces.

2.  column
a decorative pillar, often of stone, typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usu. a base.

3.  column
any columnlike object, mass, or formation:
a column of smoke.

4.  column
a vertical row or list:
Add this column of figures.

5.  column
a vertical arrangement on a page of horizontal lines of type, usu. typographically justified:
There are two columns on this page.

6.  column
an article constituting a regular feature of a newspaper or magazine, and usu. reporting or commenting on political or social affairs, the arts, etc.

7.  column
a long, narrow file of troops

8.  column
a formation of ships in single file.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME colompne, columne (< AF) < L columna, akin to columen peak; cf. hill)

Definition of 'column' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) column
a line of units following one after another

2. (noun) column, chromatography column
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

3. (noun) column
a vertical array of numbers or other information
"he added a column of numbers"

4. (noun) column, tower, pillar
anything that approximates 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"

5. (noun) column, editorial, newspaper column
an article giving opinions or perspectives

6. (noun) column, pillar
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

7. (noun) column, pillar
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

8. (noun) column
a page or text that is vertically divided
"the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"

9. (noun) column
any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body


Definition of 'column' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) column
a stone post supporting a building
decorated columns

2.  column
a vertical section of a page in a newspaper, dictionary, etc.
at the top of the second column

3.  column
writing by a journalist on a particular subject, which appears regularly in a publication
the sports column in the newspaper; in her opinion column

4.  column
a long line of people or things
a column of numbers on a page; a column of blue smoke; a column of refugees moving southward


Definition of 'column' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) column
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

2. (noun) column
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

3. (noun) column
a body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy

4. (noun) column
a small army

5. (noun) column
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

6. (noun) column
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

7. (noun) column
a perpendicular line of figures

8. (noun) column
the body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids


Translation of 'column' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a stone or wooden pillar used to support or adorn a building
the carved columns in the temple.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pilaar Arabic flag Arabic: عَمود Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: арх. колона
Brazilian flag Brazilian: coluna Czech flag Czech: sloup German flag German: die Säule
Danish flag Danish: søjle Greek flag Greek: στήλη, κολόνα Spanish flag Spanish: columna
Estonian flag Estonian: sammas Farsi flag Farsi: ستون Finnish flag Finnish: pylväs
French flag French: colonne Hebrew flag Hebrew: עַמוּד Hindi flag Hindi: स्तम्भ
Croatian flag Croatian: kolona Hungarian flag Hungarian: oszlop Indonesian flag Indonesian: tiang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: súla Italian flag Italian: colonna Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 기둥 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kolona Latvian flag Latvian: kolonna
Malay flag Malay: tiang Dutch flag Dutch: zuil Norwegian flag Norwegian: søyle
Polish flag Polish: kolumna Persian flag Persian: ستون Pashto flag Pashto: ټه، ستن (ستون) (چه چت ته
Portuguese flag Portuguese: coluna Romanian flag Romanian: coloană Russian flag Russian: колонна
Slovak flag Slovak: stĺp Slovenian flag Slovenian: steber Serbian flag Serbian: stub
Swedish flag Swedish: pelare, kolonn Thai flag Thai: เสาค้ำ Turkish flag Turkish: sütun
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 圓柱 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: колона Urdu flag Urdu: ستون کھمبا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cột Chinese flag Chinese: 圆柱

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