noun
1 tall stone post
ADJECTIVE
▪ huge , tall
▪ fluted
▪
colonnades of fluted Doric ~s
▪ classical
▪ concrete , marble , stone , etc.
▪ Corinthian , Doric , Ionic
COLUMN + VERB
▪ support sth
▪
The roof is supported by four huge ~s.
2 piece of writing in a newspaper
ADJECTIVE
▪ regular
▪
He has a regular ~ 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 ~ inches are devoted to movie stars.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She saw his name in an obituary ~.
▪ ~ about , ~ on
▪
a weekly ~ on movies showing in the capital
3 long line of people, vehicles, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ huge , long
▪ armoured/armored , tank
▪ marching
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~s
▪
to march in ~s
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of troops
PHRASES
▪ the head of the ~