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Definition of "column" []
- Architecture A supporting pillar consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital. (noun)
- Something resembling an architectural pillar in form or function: a column of mercury in a thermometer. (noun)
- Printing One of two or more vertical sections of typed lines lying side by side on a page and separated by a rule or a blank space. (noun)
- A feature article that appears regularly in a publication, such as a newspaper. (noun)
- A formation, as of troops or vehicles, in which all elements follow one behind the other. (noun)
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Use "column" in a sentence
- "The likelihood of the Bills breaking the curse and transforming the win column from a 0 to a 1?"
- "One definite Peretz theme that clangs in column after column is that there are no Arab nations."
- "Jan Freeman, author since 1997 of a word column for the Boston Sunday Globe, produced an excellent annotated version of Bierce's book in 2009."