column: translation
noun
1 tall stone post
ADJECTIVE
▪ huge, tall
▪ fluted
▪ colonnades of fluted Doric columns
▪ classical
▪ concrete, marble, stone, etc.
▪ Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
COLUMN + VERB
▪ support sth
▪ The roof is supported by four huge columns.
2 piece of writing in a newspaper
ADJECTIVE
▪ regular
▪ He has a regular column in a weekly newspaper.
▪ daily, weekly, etc.
▪ syndicated (esp.AmE)
▪ newspaper
▪ advice (AmE), agony (BrE), correspondence, editorial, financial, gossip, leader (BrE), letters, obituary, op-ed (AmE), opinion, personal
VERB + COLUMN
▪ have, write
▪ read
▪ syndicate (esp. AmE)
▪ publish, run
COLUMN + NOUN
▪ inches
▪ So many column inches are devoted to movie stars.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the column
▪ She saw his name in an obituary column.
▪ column about, column on
▪ a weekly column on movies showing in the capital
3 long line of people, vehicles, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ huge, long
▪ armoured/armored, tank
▪ marching
PREPOSITION
▪ in columns
▪ column of
PHRASES
▪ the head of the column