column
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈkɒləm/
/ˈkɑːləm/
- (abbreviation col.)one of the straight sections from top to bottom into which text on a page or screen is divided
- a dictionary with two columns per page
- column of something a column of text
- at the bottom of the right-hand column of this page
- The website has an attractive two-column format.
- in a column Click on the name of your account in the left-hand column.
- Put a mark in the appropriate column.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- regular
- daily
- weekly
- …
- have
- write
- read
- …
- inches
- in a/the column
- column about
- column on
- …
- column of something to add up a column of figures
- the fifth column of Table 4
- in a column The numbers in the left-hand column are not relevant here.
- The last column contains the probability of each of those outcomes occurring.
- She writes a monthly column for a leading national newspaper.
- a newspaper/weekly column
- the financial column
- in a column I disagree with a lot of what he writes in his column.
- I always read her column in the local paper.
- column on/about something The website features a regular column on parenting.
- column by somebody She always read the column by the local vicar in the parish magazine.
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writinga2- He has a regular column in a weekly newspaper.
- She saw his name in an obituary column.
- a weekly column on films showing in London
- a weekly column on movies showing in the capital
- The website runs an online advice column for teenagers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- regular
- daily
- weekly
- …
- have
- write
- read
- …
- inches
- in a/the column
- column about
- column on
- …
- a tall, solid post, usually round and made of stone, that supports or decorates a building or stands alone as a monument
- The temple is supported by marble columns.
- Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square is one of London's best-known landmarks.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2- The roof is supported by four huge columns.
- colonnades of fluted Doric columns
- Corinthian columns are decorated with leaves at the top.
- It was an Athenian temple with long colonnades of limestone columns.
- The churches have classical columns and decoration.
- The temple is supported by fluted marble columns.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- huge
- tall
- fluted
- …
- support something
- a thing that is like a column in shape
- a column of smoke (= smoke rising straight up)
- a long, moving line of people or vehicles
- a long column of troops and tanks
- to march in columns
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- huge
- long
- armoured/armored
- …
- in columns
- column of
- the head of the column
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Word Originlate Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna ‘pillar’.