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col·umn [ kólləm ] (plural col·umns)

noun

Definition:

1. round pillar: an upright support shaped like a long cylinder

a Corinthian column

the white columns of Mount Vernon

2. something shaped like column: something resembling a column in form

a column of smoke

3. regular article: an item in a newspaper or magazine that is always written by the same person or is always about the same subject

4. vertical arrangement of numbers: a vertical arrangement of figures or mathematical terms

5. section of page: one of two or more vertical sections of printed material on a page

6. line of people or things: a long line of people or vehicles

7. anatomy botany part shaped like column: a long part of a plant or animal

spinal column

[15th century. Directly or via French< Latin columna, probably < columen "top"]

col·um·nar [ kə lúmnər ] adjective

col·umned adjective