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Textual thesaurus for "column"

(noun) pillar

(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure


(noun) pillar

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)


(noun) chromatography column

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


(noun) newspaper column, editorial

an article giving opinions or perspectives


(noun) tower, pillar

anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

the test tube held a column of white powder; a tower of dust rose above the horizon; a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite