| a support or foundation | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure |
| an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) |
| a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority) | 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 |