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Columned

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col·umn  (klm)
n.
1. Architecture A supporting pillar consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital.
2. Something resembling an architectural pillar in form or function: a column of mercury in a thermometer.
3.
a. Printing One of two or more vertical sections of typed lines lying side by side on a page and separated by a rule or a blank space.
b. A feature article that appears regularly in a publication, such as a newspaper.
4. A formation, as of troops or vehicles, in which all elements follow one behind the other.
5. Botany A columnlike structure, especially one formed by the union of a stamen and the style in an orchid flower, or one formed by the united staminal filaments in flowers such as those of the hibiscus or mallow.
6. Anatomy Any of various tubular or pillarlike supporting structures in the body, each generally having a single tissue origin and function: the vertebral column.

[Middle English columne, from Latin columna; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

columned (klmd) adj.
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column
Ionic order column
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.columned - having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form); "a columned portico"; "trees with columned trunks"; "white-columned houses"
combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
noncolumned, uncolumned - not having columns


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One afternoon I got lost in the woods about a mile from the hotel, and presently fell into a train of dreamy thought about animals which talk, and kobolds, and enchanted folk, and the rest of the pleasant legendary stuff; and so, by stimulating my fancy, I finally got to imagining I glimpsed small flitting shapes here and there down the columned aisles of the forest.
 
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