pillar
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- An essential part of something that provides support.
- A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
Sinonieme
stone column
house post
fence post
forked stick
central figure
chief support
stone pillar
main post
prop of a roof
supporting pillar
lally column
pillar of strength
brace strut
support stand
principal post
rest pier
soil column
support pillar
supporting block
foundation pier
supporting column
center pole
king-piece
earth column
earth-pillars
stand leg
supporting strut
strut rod
prop mainstay
support leg
support post
post column
upright bar
stalacto-stalagmite
mine prop
collumn
bearing block
key man
pillar-box
Frekwensie
Gekoppel as
pil‧lar
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈpɪlɚ/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).
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