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English noun: pillar | |||
| 1. | pillar (cognition) a fundamental principle or practice | ||
| Samples | Science eroded the pillars of superstition. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | principle, rule | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pillar of Islam | ||
| 2. | pillar (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 | column, tower | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | columella, hoodoo | ||
| 3. | pillar (person) a prominent supporter | ||
| Samples | He is a pillar of the community. | ||
| Synonyms | mainstay | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter | ||
| 4. | pillar (artifact) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | ||
| Synonyms | column | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construction, structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | obelisk, totem pole | ||
| 5. | pillar (artifact) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | ||
| Synonyms | column | ||
| 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 | ||
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