Definitions
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Word origin
From Middle English columne, columpne, columpe, borrowed from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Akin to Latin collis (“a hill”), celsus (“high”), probably to Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “top, summit”).
Used in a sentence
“It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.”
“Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.”
“His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Vertical support”6 letters
02“Tower”6 letters
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