(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | one of a class of artifacts |
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication |
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 | (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase |
any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
an article giving opinions or perspectives | |
a page or text that is vertically divided | |
a line of units following one after another | |
a vertical array of numbers or other information | |
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | |