English dictionary
Hint: With the Firefox addon you can search this dictionary from the browsers search field.
English noun: column | |||
| 1. | column (group) a line of units following one after another | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | file, Indian file, single file | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | column (artifact) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | chromatography column | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tube, tubing | ||
| 3. | column (group) a vertical array of numbers or other information | ||
| Samples | He added a column of numbers. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | array | ||
| Member meronym | table, tabular array | ||
| 4. | column (shape) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | pillar, tower | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | columella, hoodoo | ||
| 5. | column (communication) an article giving opinions or perspectives | ||
| Synonyms | editorial, newspaper column | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | article | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agony column | ||
| Part meronym | newspaper, paper | ||
| 6. | column (artifact) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | ||
| Synonyms | pillar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construction, structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | obelisk, totem pole | ||
| 7. | column (artifact) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | ||
| Synonyms | pillar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | upright, vertical | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | atlas, caryatid, newel, pilaster, pile, piling, spile, stilt, support column, telamon | ||
| Part holonym | cap, capital, chapiter, entasis, footstall, pedestal, plinth, scape, shaft | ||
| Part meronym | temple | ||
| Domain category | architecture | ||
| 8. | column (communication) a page or text that is vertically divided | ||
| Samples | The newspaper devoted several columns to the subject. The bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | text, textual matter | ||
| 9. | column (body) any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | skeletal structure | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2025 onlineordbog.dk
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2025 onlineordbog.dk