pillar
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈpɪlər/
:
columna
- The campfire produced a tall pillar of smoke that rose into the night sky.
- stone pillar
- pillar of salt
- tapering pillars
Look, I've made this little pillar by like grabbing all the squishies.
- Look, I've made this little pillar by like grabbing all the squishies.
- Love that plain gold pillar candle.
- You have to have a rotating mechanism to create these pillars.
Examples
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Remains of this victory pillar can still be seen along a well-known alpine hiking trail.
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Charlie leans against a pillar, looking out across the lawn toward the Long Island Sound.
Fiction book (1991) -
By day, the town is marked by a pillar of smoke; at night, by a pillar of fire.
Academic text (2005) -
A pillar of fire 10,000 feet tall.
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Sat by the lake... staring across the water at the pillars that stand on the far shore.
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The plume of the hot springs rose in a mounded white pillar to the north.
Fiction book (1992) -
A shining pillar of salt water shot up from the ocean as the geyser erupted.
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The hiker admired the ancient stone pillar that marked the path along the mountain trail.
Synonyms
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1.6
A tall upright pillar that supports a building or the body
12
7.7
A tall four-sided stone pillar that gets narrower toward a pointed top and marks a place
9
7.5
A large single upright block of stone that forms a pillar or monument
A pointed stone pillar that marks a place
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.4
Get sent to many different places by other people without getting help
- Informal
Move quickly from place to place trying to solve many urgent problems
- Informal
A person who is moved from one person or office to another without getting help
Compounds
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pillar began as the name for a tall support, so people started to use the same word for anything tall and column-shaped; for example a 'pillar' of smoke or a shaft of light that rises straight up.