NOUN | cognition | pillar | a fundamental principle or practice |
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shape | pillar, column, tower | anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | |
person | pillar, mainstay | a prominent supporter | |
artifact | pillar, column | a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | |
artifact | pillar, column | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure |
Sounds | pih'ler | |
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Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... |
Meaning | A fundamental principle or practice. | |
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Example | "science eroded the pillars of superstition" | |
Narrower | pillar of Islam | (Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslims |
Broader | principle, rule | A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct |
Spanish | pilar | |
Catalan | pilar |
Meaning | Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower. | |
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Example | "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" | |
Synonyms | column, tower | |
Narrower | columella | A small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal |
hoodoo | (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock | |
Broader | shape, form | The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance |
Spanish | columna | |
Catalan | columna |
Meaning | A prominent supporter. | |
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Example | "he is a pillar of the community" | |
Synonym | mainstay | |
Broader | supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend | A person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
Spanish | pilar, sostén principal | |
Catalan | pilar |
Meaning | A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument). | |
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Synonym | column | |
Narrower | obelisk | A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top |
totem pole | A tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures | |
Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
Spanish | columna, pilar, poste | |
Catalan | columna, pilar |
Meaning | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure. | |
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Synonym | column | |
Category | architecture | The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings |
Part of | temple | An edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes |
Parts | capital, chapiter, cap | The upper part of a column that supports the entablature |
entasis | A slight convexity in the shaft of a column | |
pedestal, plinth, footstall | An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | |
shaft, scape | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column | |
Narrower | atlas, telamon | A figure of a man used as a supporting column |
caryatid | A supporting column carved in the shape of a person | |
newel | The central pillar of a circular staircase | |
pilaster | A rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached | |
pile, spile, piling, stilt | A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | |
support column | A column that supports a heavy weight | |
Broader | upright, vertical | A vertical structural member as a post or stake |
Spanish | columna, pilar | |
Catalan | columna, pilar |
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