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column

Definition

  • noun: a long post made of steel, stone, etc., that is used as a support in a building
  • noun: a vertical arrangement of items printed or written on a page
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: pillar, atlantes, atlas

Examples

  • The error appears at the bottom of the second 'column'.

  • She writes a weekly 'column' for the paper.

  • The article takes up three 'columns'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Wargs! A scout! - What is it? What do you see? - Warg! We're under attack! Get them out of here! All riders to the head of the column. Come on. Get me up here. I'm a rider. Come on! You must lead the people to Helm's Deep, and make haste. - I can fight. (..)
    2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers