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Synonyms for columns

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kol-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒl əm

Top 10 synonyms for columns
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Définition of columns

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "vertical division of a page," also "a pillar, post," from Old French colombe (12c., Modern French colonne "column, pillar"), from Latin columna "pillar," collateral form of columen "top, summit," from PIE root *kel- "to project" (see hill). Sense of "matter written for a newspaper" dates from 1785.
  • noun line, procession
  • noun pillar
Example sentences :
  • At the end of the month, all of the columns should be totaled.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Here, Chilvers, I want you to do a couple of columns on that stunt at the Abbey this morning!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • There was a man behind it, but he was too intent on its columns to be aware of my presence.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Seeds blew in and shrubs and trees took the place of columns.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • The columns and walls of the grand old temple of Zeus fell in a heap.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • He was between the columns at last, but the light was dying down.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • North of it, where you see the bases of columns in a circle, was the market.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • Next morning, the 9th, at daybreak, the troops advanced in two columns.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
  • A few feet within the columns on the sides was the wall of the temple.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • They had begun to move early on the 27th of April, in three columns.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
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