columnnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒl.əm/us/ˈkɑː.ləm/column noun [ C ] (PRINTING)
B2 one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine is divided:
a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine, usually on a particular subject, that is always written by the same person and appears regularly:
C1 any vertical block of words or numbers:
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- She wrote into an agony column.
- She uses her newspaper column to expound her views on environmental issues.
- I looked quickly down the column of figures.
- Look carefully at these questions and mark your answers down in the right-hand column.
- Tens go in the left-hand column and units in the right.
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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- agony column
- back pages
- banner headline
- bulletin
- comic strip
- dateline
- double(-page) spread
- editorial
- exclusive
- filler
- funny
- heading
- lead 1
- leader
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- pullout
- serial
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column noun [ C ] (BUILDING)
B2 a tall, vertical stone post, used as a support for a roof or in classical buildings (= in the style of ancient Greece or Rome) for decoration, or standing alone as a monument (= a symbol of respect for a special person or event):
something with a tall, narrow shape:
a line of moving people or vehicles:
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- The central twelve-foot column is surmounted by a bronze angel with outspread wings.
- The vertebral column surrounds and protects the spinal cord.
- Could you recognize a Grecian column?
- The entrance porch is supported by a row of majestic columns.
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Parts of buildings: arches, columns & beams
- arch
- architrave
- archway
- beam
- capital
- colonnade
- corbel
- Corinthian
- Doric
- Ionic
- joist
- keystone
- pedestal
- pillar
- plinth
- portico
- truss
- vault
- vaulted
- vaulting
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