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column

noun
  1. a tall vertical cylindrical architectural structure standing upright and used to support a structure
    “The columns accented the front of the house.”
    pillar
  2. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
    pillar
  3. a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography
    chromatography column
  4. any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
  5. a page or text that is vertically divided
    “the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject”
  6. an article giving opinions or perspectives
    editorial
  7. a line of units following one after another
  8. a vertical array of numbers or other information
    “The spreadsheet contained a column of numbers.”
  9. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
    “the test tube held a column of white powder”
    pillartower