noun Download 🔗Share A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration. Examples : "The front porch of the old house was supported by four white columns. " architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom. Examples : "The spreadsheet had three columns: one for names, one for addresses, and one for phone numbers. " computing structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road. Examples : "The news reported that columns of tanks were moving toward the border. " military vehicle war action group traffic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page. Examples : "It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns." media writing communication literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text. Examples : "Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week." media business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) 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. Examples : "His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper." media writing communication style literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column. Examples : "The doctor examined the patient's X-ray, looking for any problems with the columns of vertebrae in his back. " architecture anatomy body part structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The gynostemium Examples : ""The orchid's delicate flowers had unusual columns, each uniquely shaped within its gynostemium." " biology anatomy plant organism Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds. Examples : "The chemistry lab uses columns to separate the different pigments in plant leaves. " chemistry device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading