transcription, транскрипция: [ pi-ˈlas-tər, ˈpī-ˌlas- ]
noun
Etymology: Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro
Date: 1575
: an upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier but architecturally treated as a column and that usually projects a third of its width or less from the wall
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1 pilaster
]