column
(noun)
noun
1. a line of units following one after another
Definition categories: group, file
2. 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
Definition categories: man–made, tube, tubing
3. a vertical array of numbers or other information
- he added a column of numbers
Definition categories: group, array
4. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- the test tube held a column of white powder
Similar word(s): pillar, tower
Definition categories: shape, form
5. an article giving opinions or perspectives
Similar word(s): editorial
Definition categories: communication, article
6. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
Similar word(s): pillar
Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure
7. (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Similar word(s): pillar
Definition categories: man–made, upright, vertical
8. 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
Definition categories: communication, text
9. any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
Definition categories: body
Sentences with column as a noun:
- It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
- Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.
- His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.