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  • 11column — [käl′əm] n. [ME & OFr colomne < L columna, collateral form of columen, column, pillar < IE base * kel , to project > HILL, HOLM1, Gr kolophōn] 1. a slender upright structure, generally consisting of a cylindrical shaft, a base, and a… …

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  • 12column — [n1] line, procession cavalcade, company, file, list, platoon, queue, rank, row, string, train; concepts 432,727 column [n2] pillar brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle,… …

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  • 13shaft — ► NOUN 1) a long, narrow part forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar. 2) a ray of light or bolt of lightning. 3) a long, narrow, typically vertical hole giving access to a mine, accommodating a lift, etc.… …

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  • 14column — ► NOUN 1) an upright pillar supporting an arch or other structure or standing alone as a monument. 2) a line of people or vehicles moving in the same direction. 3) a vertical division of a page or text. 4) a regular section of a newspaper or… …

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  • 15Column — For other uses, see Column (disambiguation). National Capitol Columns at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C …

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  • 16Column of Marcus Aurelius — The Column of Marcus Aurelius in Piazza Colonna …

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  • 17COLUMN —    Columns developed as ornate, cylindrical posts that functioned as part of the post and lintel structural system. These pillars were originally modeled after trees or other forms of upright vegetation. A column is typically divided into three… …

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  • 18column — columned /kol euhmd/, columnated /kol euhm nay tid/, adj. /kol euhm/, n. 1. Archit. a. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. b. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a… …

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  • 19shaft — shaftless, adj. shaftlike, adj. /shaft, shahft/, n. 1. a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. 2. something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. 3. a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight.… …

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  • 20Column of Arcadius — Reconstruction of the column of Arcadius The column of Arcadius was a Roman triumphal column begun in 401 in the forum of Arcadius in Constantinople to commemorate Arcadius s triumph over the Goths under Gainas in 400. Arcadius died in 408, but… …

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