Pronunciations (5)
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/ˈkɒləm/
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/ˈkɑləm/
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/ˈkɑljəm/
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- Ireland
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ˈkɒləm
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ˈkɑləm
Noun
A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
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It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
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Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.
A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
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His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.
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I have always argued that despite my opposition to rail privatisation, I should be grateful that John Major won the 1992 election on a platform to sell off the railways, as otherwise my column would have disappeared given the paucity of things to write about.
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
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The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
The gynostemium.
An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
Noun
a line of units following one after another
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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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a vertical array of numbers or other information
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he added a column of numbers
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
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the test tube held a column of white powder
a tower of dust rose above the horizon
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a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite
an article giving opinions or perspectives
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a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
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(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
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a page or text that is vertically divided
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the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject
the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns
any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
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