Column

Noun

 * 1) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
 * 2) A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom: as opposed to a row (which is horizontal).
 * 3) A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
 * 4) A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
 * 5) The same, as a unit of width in a periodical, especially for advertisements.
 * 6)  A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
 * 7) Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

Adjectives for Column

 * (architectural; military, etc) twisting; resistless; ascending; noble; tall; solid; marble; sturdy; dusty; massive; huge; vast; soaring; classic; stark; interpretative;  warlike;  somber;  shattered; steel-clad; venerable; marching; flowered; lucrative; attacking; airy; perpendicular; crystal; slender; parallel; surging; monumental; vertebral; isolated; lofty; unending; advancing; ivory-shaped; vaporous; rostral; fragile; majestic; internal; spouting; graceful; gigantic; fantastic; glittering; luminous; rising; fluted; copulated; clustered.
 * (journalistic) mercurial; exciting; interpretative; authoritative; fascinating; inspiring.

Verbs for Column
ambush—; attach to—; construct—; destroy—; encircle—; erect—; file in—; head—; join—; line up in—; reinforce—' rule into—; shake—; shape—; shatter— shield—; —crumbles; —marks; —supports; —swerves; —tapers; —vibrates; —winds.

Antonyms for Column
row

Related terms
beam; post; pillar

Thesaurus
army group, article, atlas, baluster, balustrade, banister, barbican, barrel, barrow, base, battalion, battery, battle group, belfry, bell tower, bole, book, boundary stone, brace, brass, brigade, bust, buttress, cadre, cairn, campanile, caravan, caryatid, cask, cavalcade, cenotaph, chapter, clause, cohort, colonnade, colonnette, colossus, combat command, combat team, company, corps, cortege, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola, cyclolith, cylinder, cylindroid, dado, derrick, detachment, detail, die, division, dolmen, dome, dress parade, drum, fascicle, field army, field train, file, fire tower, flying column, flyover, footstalk, footstone, funeral, garrison, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, installment, jack, kitchen police, lantern, legion, lighthouse, line, livraison, maniple, march past, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, minaret, monolith, monument, motorcade, mound, mule train, necrology, newel-post, obelisk, obituary, observation tower, organization, outfit, pack train, pagoda, parade, paragraph, part, passage, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, peristyle, phalanx, phrase, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pinnacle, pipe, plaque, platoon, plinth, pole, pomp, portico, posse, post, prize, procession, promenade, prop, pylon, pyramid, queen-post, rank, regiment, reliquary, remembrance, review, ribbon, roll, roller, rostral column, rouleau, section, serial, shaft, shore, shrine, skimmington, skyscraper, socle, spire, squad, squadron, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, standpipe, stay, steeple, stela, stem, stone, stream, string, stupa, subbase, surbase, tablet, tactical unit, task force, telamon, television mast, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, tour, tower, train, troop, trophy, trunk, tube, turret, underpinning, unit, upright, verse, volume, water tower, windmill tower, wing

Etymology
From columne:, which from  columna:, originally a collateral form of columen:, contraction culmen:, o-grade form from a. Akin to collis:, celsus:, probably to  κολοφών:.

Translations

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 * Dutch: kolom
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: kolono
 * Finnish:
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 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: oszlop
 * Hungarian: oszlop


 * Italian:
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 * Romanian: coloană,, , stâlp
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 * Volapük: kolum


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, графа
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: oszlop
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, カラム


 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: coluna
 * Romanian: coloană
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: stubac, stupac
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: (in maths), kolumn (general)


 * Portuguese: coluna


 * Armenian: շարասյուն
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: hadoszlop
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 縦列


 * Macedonian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: coloană
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: hasáb
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: コラム


 * Macedonian: колумна
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: coluna
 * Romanian: coloană
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kolumn,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
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 * Romanian: coloană
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