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

  • (..) And the conditions today are almost exactly what they were in July '. What's the big deal about July '? Sean, that was the year that your dad went missing. Now, look, you see this column of numbers here? If the , right here, was a , then it would be... Exactly the same. (..)
    2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth