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(noun) a tall cylindrical vertical upright |
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Synonyms: pillar |
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Related Words: atlas, caryatid, newel, pilaster, pile, piling, spile, stilt, support column, telamon, upright, vertical |
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(noun) a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air) |
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Synonyms: pillar |
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Related Words: construction, obelisk, structure, totem pole |
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: chromatography column |
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Related Words: tube, tubing |
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(noun) an article giving opinions or perspectives |
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Synonyms: editorial, newspaper column |
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Related Words: agony column, article |
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(noun) a line of (usually military) units following one after another |
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Related Words: Indian file, file, single file |
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(noun) a linear array of numbers one above another |
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Related Words: array |
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(noun) anything tall and thin approximating 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" |
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Synonyms: pillar, tower |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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