PILLAR
\pˈɪlə], \pˈɪlə], \p_ˈɪ_l_ə]\
Definitions of PILLAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
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a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the pillars of superstition"
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(architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
By Princeton University
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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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a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
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a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the pillars of superstition"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
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Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.
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A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
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The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
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Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
By Oddity Software
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The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
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Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.
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A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
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The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
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Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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(arch.) A detached support, differing from a column in that it is not necessarily cylindrical, or of classical proportions: anything that sustains.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A detached column for support, of any shape; a supporter; a monument; something resembling a pillar; foundation or support.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [French, Latin] A pier or column to support an arch, a roof, a statue, or the like; a prop; a support;—that on which any thing rests; foundation; basis;—hence, a supporter; one who upholds or maintains;—a monument raised to commemorate some event, person, &c.
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