column

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for column

column 🔊 /kɑˈlʌm/

column : කණුව

column : සිරස් පේළිය

column : කුළුණ

column : තීරය

column : කුලුණ

column : භටපෙළ

column : සිරස් පෙළ

column : උභයාංග ස්තම්භය

column : කොලම

column : තීරුව

column : කඳ

column : ටැඹ

column : ස්තම්භය

column definition

Noun.

  1. A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
  2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.
  3. A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
  4. A small army.
  5. A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.
  6. A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
  7. A perpendicular line of figures.
  8. The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.