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column

col·umn

column

 
 
pronunciation:
ka lm
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Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: an upright structure that looks like a post. A column helps support a building.
 
similar words:
pillar
definition 2: an article or other piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine that appears on a regular schedule.
My sister and my father like to read the sports column at breakfast every morning.
definition 3: one of two or more vertical sections of a page or chart separated by lines or by white space.
There are three columns on that page of the magazine.
definition 4: a vertical list or row.
I added up the column of numbers.
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