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"a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"nounanything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
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nouna vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
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"he is a pillar of the community"nouna prominent supporter
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noun(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
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"science eroded the pillars of superstition"nouna fundamental principle or practice
Definition that contains pillar
- tank an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
- term (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
- column any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
- aisle part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
- vein a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- harp a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- wick a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- wick any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
- herm a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
- gibraltar location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules