COLUMN

(PRINTING), abbreviation col [noun] [C] - one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine is dividedI didn't have time to read the whole article - just the first column.A column is also a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine which is always written by the same person and which appears regularly, usually on a particular subject.She writes a weekly fashion/gossip column for the Evening Standard.A column is also any vertical block of words or numbers.Add the column of figures and divide the sum by three.