• (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
• a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a Column of air)
• 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
• an article giving opinions or perspectives
• a line of (usually military) units following one after another
• a linear array of numbers one above another
• anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a Column or tower; "the test tube held a Column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

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