Column - definition, pronunciation, transcription
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
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) (syn: pillar)
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure (syn: pillar)
- a page or text that is vertically divided
the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns
Extra examples
Add the first column of numbers.
The article takes up three columns.
The error appears at the bottom of the second column.
She writes a weekly column for the paper.
He did not require a religion to be the column of society.
M. Temple was in charge of the "Men and Matters" column.
Add up the numbers in each column.
He writes a weekly column for 'The Times'.
Turn to Page 5, column 2.
'The Sun' devoted 10 column inches to the event (=their article filled a column ten inches long).
She writes a monthly column for the magazine.
She writes a gossip column in the paper.
...his arms couldn't quite girth the stone column...
...dispenses his homespun philosophy of life in a weekly newspaper column...
She took a swipe at her former company in her latest column.
Word forms
singular: column
plural: columns
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