column

Noun

• any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

• a page or text that is vertically divided
  • the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject
    
  • the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns
    

• (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

• a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

• an article giving opinions or perspectives

• anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
  • the test tube held a column of white powder
    
  • a tower of dust rose above the horizon
    
  • a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite
    

• a vertical array of numbers or other information
  • he added a column of numbers
    

• 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

• a line of units following one after another

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pillar , editorial , newspaper column , tower , chromatography column