| (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight |
| a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | |
| 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 | |
| any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body | |
| 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 | |