ENGLISH: column - CREOLE: pilye



Overview of noun column



The noun column has 7 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)



1. (18) column -- (a line of (usually military) units following one after another)

2. (18) column, 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)

3. (8) column -- (a linear array of numbers one above another)

4. (6) column, tower, pillar -- (anything tall and relatively thin 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")

5. (4) column, editorial, newspaper column -- (an article giving opinions or perspectives)

6. (1) column, pillar -- (a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument))

7. (1) column, pillar -- ((architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure)

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