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uncolumned

uncolumned

9.6
A space with no columns to support the roof
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkʌlmənd/
translation icon : sin columnas
  • The open, uncolumned hall offered an uninterrupted view of the stage.

Examples

  • The uncolumned space made the room feel airy and expansive.

  • Designers admired the modern, uncolumned facade of the building.

  • The hall was completely uncolumned.

  • Why is the design so uncolumned?

  • The uncolumned space made the room feel airy and expansive.

  • Designers admired the modern, uncolumned facade of the building.

  • The open, uncolumned hall offered an uninterrupted view of the stage.

Synonyms

astylar
vsuncolumned
  • Specialized
9.9

A building without columns or pillars

is the plain descriptive term used in everyday architectural talk
unpillared
vsuncolumned
8.3

An open space without columns that hold up the roof

is a more general less specialized way to state the same absence

Antonyms

columned
1 4.6

Having tall pillars, often at the front of a building

How Columned

colonnaded
  • Specialized
1 8.1
pillared
5.3
columned
1 4.6
uncolumned
9.6

Surface Forms

uncolumned positive

Morphology

uncolumned = columned (transparent) = un + column + ed

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to 'columned' (having columns), so the negation 'without columns' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Uncolumned comes from un- meaning 'not' and column, a word for 'a tall post' or 'pillar' that helps 'hold up' or decorate a building. So uncolumned means 'without columns', which is why it describes a space or structure with no supporting or decorative columns.