column

Meaning

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.
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. A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
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.
8. The gynostemium
9. An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.

Synonyms

pillar

post

row

line

file

pole

rank

rubric

support

editorial

header

cylinder

train

🚋

category

mast

article

heading

stanchion

range

pile

stake

prop

standard

phalanx

pylon

block

tower

series

beam

string

🪢

strut

newspaper column

place

plume

chromatography column

shaft

parcel

pedestal

phase

piece of wood

pier

pipe

pipeline

platoon

plot

plot of land

portion

position

potential

puncheon

queue

reach

review

rod

roll

scape

section

sector

segment

side

siege

site

space

spine

spree

stabilizer

staff

stalk

station

🚉

statue

stele

stilt

story

stretch

supporter

tie rod

tree

🌳

truss

tube

tubing

upright

vertical row

zone

supporting structure

trabecula

letters to the editor

supporting pillar

structural member

brace strut

support stand

buckstay

stone column

support pillar

supporting block

circular column

supporting column

round column

cylindrical post

bed piece

body section

stand leg

supporting strut

strut rod

prop mainstay

support leg

support post

post column

upright bar

apx.

array

baluster

bar

bit

body

box

📦

bracing

burst

chapter

col

colonnade

comment

commentary

company

conduit

convoy

cross

division

double crochet

double stitch

drum

🥁

duct

enclosure

feature

field

fragment

introduction

jamb

leg

🦵

level

log

lot

member

neck

paragraph

Hyphenated as

col‧umn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒləm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: columne

Cognate with Latin: collis

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κολοφών

In summary

From Middle English columne, columpne, columpe, borrowed from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Akin to Latin collis (“a hill”), celsus (“high”), probably to Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “top, summit”).

Sentences

A column fragment of Wawel Castle has been incorporated into Chicago's landmark Tribune Tower .