noun🔗ShareColumnaA solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration."The house's front porch had a row of sturdy wooden columns supporting the roof. "El porche delantero de la casa tenía una fila de columnas de madera robustas que sostenían el techo.architecturebuildingstructureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumnaA vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom."The student wrote her name in the first column of the attendance sheet. "La estudiante escribió su nombre en la primera columna de la lista de asistencia.computingliststructuremathessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumnaA body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road."The marching band's column snaked its way down the street. "La columna de la banda de música se abrió paso serpenteando por la calle.militaryvehiclewaressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumnaA body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page."It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns."Era demasiado difícil leer el texto en toda la página, así que lo dividí en dos columnas.mediawritingtypeliteraturecommunicationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumnaA unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text."Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week."Cada pulgada de columna cuesta $300 a la semana; este anuncio tiene cuatro columnas por tres pulgadas, por lo que costará $3600 a la semana.mediabusinesswritingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumna(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."His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper."Su incursión inicial en los medios impresos fue como autor de una columna semanal en el periódico de su escuela primaria.mediawritingliteraturecommunicationinternetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumnaSomething having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column."The building's central support structure is a strong, tall column of reinforced concrete. "La estructura de soporte central del edificio es una columna fuerte y alta de hormigón armado.structureanatomybodypartessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumnaThe gynostemium"The orchid's column is a fascinating structure. "La columna de la orquídea es una estructura fascinante.anatomybiologyplantorganessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareColumna(chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds."The scientist used a column to separate the different colored dyes in the ink. "El científico usó una columna para separar los diferentes tintes de colores en la tinta.chemistrysciencesubstancecompoundtechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading