| NOUN | group | column | a line of units following one after another |
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| artifact | column, chromatography column | a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography | |
| group | column | a vertical array of numbers or other information | |
| shape | column, tower, pillar | anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | |
| communication | column, editorial, newspaper column | an article giving opinions or perspectives | |
| artifact | column, pillar | a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | |
| artifact | column, pillar | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | |
| communication | column | a page or text that is vertically divided | |
| body | column | any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body |
| Sounds | kaa'lahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A line of units following one after another. | |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Broader | file, single file, Indian file | A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
| Spanish | columna | |
| Catalan | columna | |
| Meaning | A vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands. | |
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| Synonym | chromatography column | |
| Broader | tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids / liquids or gases |
| Spanish | columna | |
| Catalan | columna | |
| Meaning | A vertical array of numbers or other information. | |
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| Example | "he added a column of numbers" | |
| Member of | table, tabular array | A set of data arranged in rows and columns |
| Broader | array | An orderly arrangement |
| Spanish | columna, fila, hilera | |
| Catalan | columna | |
| Meaning | Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower. | |
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| Example | "the test tube held a column of white powder" | |
| Synonyms | tower, pillar | |
| 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 | |
| Adjectives | columnar | having the form of a column |
| Meaning | An article giving opinions or perspectives. | |
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| Synonyms | editorial, newspaper column | |
| Part of | newspaper, paper | A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets |
| Narrower | agony column | A newspaper column devoted to personal problems |
| Broader | article | nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication |
| Spanish | artículo de fondo, columna, editorial | |
| Catalan | article de fons, columna, editorial | |
| Nouns | columnist | a journalist who writes editorials |
| Meaning | A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument). | |
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| Synonym | pillar | |
| 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 | pillar | |
| 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 | |
| Adjectives | columnar | characterized by columns |
| Meaning | A page or text that is vertically divided. | |
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| Broader | text, textual matter | The words of something written |
| Meaning | Any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body. | |
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| Broader | skeletal structure | Any structure created by the skeleton of an organism |
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