Sekirov Dictionary

pillar

UK /ˈpɪlə/US /ˈpɪlɚ/

noun 7
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun7

A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
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(figurative) An essential part of something that provides support.
- He's a pillar of the community.
A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
Something resembling such a structure.
A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

verb1

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To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
- We discovered this new class of compounds in our search for a means of generating porosity by pillaring layered double hydroxides — 1996

forms

pillared · pillaring · pillars

Phrases with pillar

from pillar to post
From one place, place, or thing to another, hither and thither.

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