column

/ˈkɒləm/ noun [C]

Definition

TALL POST › a tall, solid, usually stone post which is used to support a roof or as decoration in a building: a stone/marble column

NEWSPAPER › a regular article in a newspaper or magazine on a particular subject or by the same writer

PRINT › one of the blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper, magazine, or dictionary is divided

NUMBERS ETC › any block of numbers or words written one under the other

a column of sth › something with a tall, narrow shape: A column of smoke rose from the chimney.

PEOPLE MOVING › a long line of moving people or vehicles: a column of refugees → See also gossip column

(Definition of column noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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