column

noun

1. 1

   (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

2. 2

   a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

3. 3

   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

4. 4

   any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

5. 5

   a page or text that is vertically divided

   the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject

   the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns

6. 6

   an article giving opinions or perspectives

7. 7

   a line of units following one after another

8. 8

   a vertical array of numbers or other information

   he added a column of numbers

9. 9

   anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

   the test tube held a column of white powder

   a tower of dust rose above the horizon