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Type Words
Synonyms editorial, newspaper column
Type of article
Has types agony column
Derivation columnist
Type Words
Synonyms pillar, tower
Type of shape, form
Has types hoodoo, columella
Derivation columnar


the test tube held a column of white powder.
Type Words
Synonyms pillar
Type of structure, construction
Has types totem pole, obelisk
Type Words
Synonyms chromatography column
Type of tubing, tube
Type Words
Synonyms pillar
Type of upright, vertical
Has types atlas, caryatid, newel, pilaster, pile, piling, spile, stilt, support column, telamon
Derivation columnar
Type Words
Type of single file, file, indian file
Type Words
Type of skeletal structure
Type Words
Type of textual matter, text


the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject.
the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns.
Type Words
Type of array


he added a column of numbers.

Examples of column

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That is, he favored the layoffs, and he was unhappy with a column I had written.
From the stltoday.com
Tyler scored a game-high 24 points in leading 10 Bruins into the scoring column.
From the omaha.com
You can now sign up to receive email when a new Numbers Guy column is published.
From the online.wsj.com
I'll keep writing for the paper, but this will be my last Savvy Consumer column.
From the stltoday.com
This column has often praised ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. and respects his preparation.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
He has won the Associated Press Sports Editors national column writing 13 times.
From the freep.com
A tally of stocks featured in 2000 shows the weekly column has taken its knocks.
From the businessweek.com
The column shows a photo of a young, cleanshaven Coons with a full head of hair.
From the delawareonline.com
The Baby Blues got in the win column with a 2-1 victory over Carolina on Sunday.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • A line of units following one after another
  • 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
  • A vertical array of numbers or other information; "he added a column of numbers"
  • 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"
  • An article giving opinions or perspectives
  • A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
  • A column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces. ...
  • The column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families: Aristolochiaceae, Orchidaceae, and Stylidiaceae.
  • In the context of a relational database table, a column is a set of data values of a particular simple type, one for each row of the table.The term "column" also has equivalent application in other, more generic contexts. See e.g., Flat file database, Table (information). ...