column

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columns

1) N-COUNT A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.

...a London landmark, Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.

Syn:

pillar

2) N-COUNT: usu N of n A column is something that has a tall narrow shape.

The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air.

3) N-COUNT: usu N of n A column is a group of people or animals which moves in a long line.

There were reports of columns of military vehicles appearing on the streets.

4) N-COUNT On a printed page such as a page of a dictionary, newspaper, or printed chart, a column is one of two or more vertical sections which are read downwards.

We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures...

In The Dictionary of Quotations, there are no fewer than one and a half columns devoted to `kiss'.

5) N-COUNT: usu supp N In a newspaper or magazine, a column is a section that is always written by the same person or is always about the same topic.

His name features frequently in the social columns of the tabloid newspapers...

She also writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement.

6) → See also , gossip column, , spinal column, steering column