noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pillar of the community (= a well respected and active member of a community )
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The doctor was regarded as a pillar of the local community.
pillar box
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
twin
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Style in Washington hangs from the twin pillars of conservatism and political correctness.
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The issues of validity and reliability are the twin pillars that prove research to be only mediocre or outstanding.
■ NOUN
box
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How my heart leaped to see a red pillar box once more, on the other side of the compound!
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Many categories of street furniture can now be listed - pillar boxes , telephone kiosks, drinking fountains and bus shelters.
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Mrs Southworth from the Hall was at the pillar box , posting a letter.
marble
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The water fountain became an altar, standing on marble pillars and graced by its own fan design.
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Bailiffs, armed for this solemn occasion, are positioned at the forward corners of the bench beside the marble pillars .
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Opened in 1903, the building had a huge domed trading hall lined with marble pillars and stained glass.
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In the drawing room a pair of pink marble pillars supported the embrasure of the windows.
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A lead Cupid aimed his arrow from the top of a marble pillar .
stone
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This used existing stone pillars , together with new replicas so that the whole design is very much in keeping with the original architecture.
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A colonnade of massive stone pillars extended along the entire 462 feet of its front.
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The old stone pillars were shaking as if they were being brought back to life.
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I had expected something like the Central Y, with high ceilings, impressive stone pillars , and marbled stairs.
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A massive grey building, its frontage decorated with stone pillars , its grounds were dotted with statues.
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Eight stone pillars supported a dome above a stone floor.
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At the end of the rose garden an iron gate between grey stone pillars gave on to the fields beyond.
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Her first glimpse of it was through elaborate iron gates set between two large stone pillars surmounted by rampant lions.
■ VERB
support
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This beam is then supported by concrete pillars , with spans of up to 50 metres.
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A cloistered walkway bordered the courtyard on three sides, arches supported by white pillars , on each pillar a lamp.
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He supported himself against a pillar with his free hand.
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Its walls and floor were sheathed in gypsum slabs, whilst its ceiling was painted blue and supported by a gypsum pillar .
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The mill section was supported internally by iron pillars , cast locally in the Soudley Forge.
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Several horse-wheels survive in Northumberland, housed in circular buildings with their roofs supported by pillars of timber or stone.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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IBM's three pillars of business wisdom are service, people, and perfection.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A white pillar of steam marked its finale.
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Athelstan gazed at the square, squat pillars decorated with greenery like his own in Southwark, though not as beautiful.
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Below, dim curds of refuse lay clotted about the glass pillars of the Maserati Mall.
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I run between the concrete pillars holding up the elevated railway, on to the steep stairs.
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Never mind that he had been a pillar of the regime and was approved on to the ballot by the Council of Guardians.
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Outside the stately music hall, two-story white pillars are quietly rotting away.
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The dome was entire gold, standing upon three hundred pillars of precious stones.
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This takes us right back to the first pillar of meaningful work: freedom.