Results for column
Definitions of column:
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: noun
A pillar or shaft used to adorn or support a building; any body pressing downwards perpendicularly on its base and of the same diameter as the base, as a column of water, air, or mercury; a body of troops drawn up in deep files; a division of the page of a book; a perpendicular line of figures; in bot., the solid body formed by the union of the styles and filaments in some plants.
part of speech: noun
A round pillar to support or adorn a building; a division of the page of a book, etc.; a formation of a body of troops or ships; anything suggestive of a column or shaft; as, a column of figures.
part of speech: noun
A long, round body, used to support or adorn a building: any upright body or mass like a column: a body of troops drawn up in deep files: a perpendicular row of lines in a book.
Usage examples for column:
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We, however, only saw one column near to us that created a doubt as to which side it belonged; and, as we were riding toward it, it was suggested that we should halt until it could be examined with a field- glass.
"The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)", Jefferson Davis -
We proceeded another three miles, to be at least four miles from that column
"In the Shadow of Death", P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonald -
" Nor had Madero's flying column as he called it.
"The Border Boys Across the Frontier", Fremont B. Deering