column

[ˈkɑːləm]

Definition:
1. A tall, solid, vertical post, usually round and made of stone, which supports or decorates a building or stands alone as a monument.
2. A line of (usually military) units following one after another.
3. A linear array of numbers one above another.

Use 'column' in a sentence:

1. Please refer to the right-hand column of page 200 of this dictionary.
2. I always read her column in the local paper.
3. There's a searing column in today's paper about the president's decision.
4. The transport of atrazine in soil was investigated with soil column experiments.
5. Put a mark in the appropriate column.
6. What do we learn about the column Claudette writes?
7. The name of the lock can be found on the right side of the MON-NAME column.
8. There were reports of columns of military vehicles appearing on the streets.
9. This means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column.
10. I'll tackle that teeny, tiny problem in my column next week.
11. Reviews are distilled from articles previously published in the main column.
12. The newspapers once again filled their columns with salacious details.
13. You must cast up this column of figures carefully.
14. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
15. The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.
16. The column explains American politics to her readers in France.
17. What happens when the order of the index column is random?
18. He will place an announcement in the personal column of The Daily Telegraph.
19. I rang The Globe with news of Blake's death, and put notices in the personal column of The Times.
20. Add up the figures in this column.
21. She also writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement.
22. This column should be hidden from the user.
23. We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures.
24. Perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures.
25. The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air.
26. Read the letter to Aunty Chan's advice column.
27. I am disgusted by the immaturity and stupidity presented in this column.
28. The joint of slab and column has good resisting shear capacity when the hidden beam is placed in the floor.
29. One armoured column attempted to blast a path through a barricade of buses and trucks.
30. Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status.
31. A dense column of smoke rose several miles into the air.
32. In addition, she writes the column that is published every week.
33. To obtain the overall score, add up the totals in each column.
34. The jet-setting couple made frequent appearances in the gossip columns.
35. There was a column directly in my line of sight, so I could only see half the stage.
36. The temple is supported by marble columns.
37. She used the newspaper column as a platform for her feminist views.
38. Newspaper columns were full of scandalous tales.
39. The overdrive switch was on the steering column.
40. His column is syndicated throughout the world.
41. The top and bottom line of each column on the page should align.
42. In this column, you write down everything in the parcel.
43. Word went out that a column of tanks was on its way.
44. Each column turns into an item of the list.
45. This column displays the title of the mail message.
46. If you run your eye up and down these columns you will see that the value of some of them declined.
47. He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team.
48. The column was decorated in high relief with scenes from Greek mythology.
49. His name features frequently in the social columns of the tabloid newspapers.
50. The kite lifted the column clean off the ground.
51. Their divorce filled a lot of column inches in the national papers.
52. The new device emits a powerful circular column of light.