column

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/ˈkɒləm/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) tall stone post

ADJ

huge, tall

fluted

The ancient temple's entrance was decorated with tall fluted columns supporting the stone roof.

classical | Corinthian, Doric, Ionic

COLUMN + VERB

support sth

The ancient stone columns supported the entire weight of the building above.

(noun.) piece of writing in a newspaper

ADJ

regular

Every Monday, she writes a regular column about local food and restaurants for the community magazine.

daily, weekly, etc. | newspaper | agony, correspondence, death, editorial, financial, gossip, leader, letters, lonely hearts | obituary, personal, travel

VERB + COLUMN

have, write | syndicate

COLUMN + NOUN

inches

The newspaper dedicated several column inches to covering the local election results.

PREP

in a/the ~

The fashion tips in that column help me choose what to wear each week.

~ about/on

She writes a monthly column about healthy eating for a popular magazine.

(noun.) long line of people, vehicles, etc.

ADJ

huge, long | armoured, tank | marching

PREP

in ~s

The soldiers lined up in columns before they began their parade down the main street.

~ of

A long column of smoke rose from the factory after the explosion.

PHRASES

the head of the column

Definitions

noun

A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.

A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.

A 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.

A 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.

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Synonyms

noun — (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standin

pillar

noun — a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supp

pillar

noun — an article giving opinions or perspectives

editorial

noun — anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

a little from column A, a little from column B

A combination of two factors or reasons.

Clinton would take a little from column A, a little from column B, depending on the day, his mood, and whom he had talked to last.

Example Bank

It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.

Wiktionary

Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.

Wiktionary

His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.

Wiktionary

The geyser sends up a column of hot water every two hours.

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Add up this column of figures.

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I found this column interesting.

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