| column | | |
| n. (group) | 1. column | a line of units following one after another. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ indian file, single file, file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. chromatography column, column | a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands. |
| ~ tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases. |
| n. (group) | 3. column | a vertical array of numbers or other information.; "he added a column of numbers" |
| ~ array | an orderly arrangement.; "an array of troops in battle order" |
| ~ table, tabular array | a set of data arranged in rows and columns.; "see table 1" |
| n. (shape) | 4. column, pillar, tower | anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower.; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" |
| ~ shape, form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ columella | a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal. |
| ~ hoodoo | (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock.; "a tall sandstone hoodoo" |
| n. (communication) | 5. column, editorial, newspaper column | an article giving opinions or perspectives. |
| ~ newspaper, paper | a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements.; "he read his newspaper at breakfast" |
| ~ article | nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication. |
| ~ agony column | a newspaper column devoted to personal problems. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. column, pillar | a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument). |
| ~ obelisk | a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ totem pole | a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. column, pillar | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure. |
| ~ telamon, atlas | a figure of a man used as a supporting column. |
| ~ chapiter, capital, cap | the upper part of a column that supports the entablature. |
| ~ caryatid | a supporting column carved in the shape of a person. |
| ~ newel | the central pillar of a circular staircase. |
| ~ footstall, plinth, pedestal | an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue). |
| ~ pilaster | a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached. |
| ~ piling, spile, stilt, pile | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure. |
| ~ scape, shaft | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. |
| ~ support column | a column that supports a heavy weight. |
| ~ temple | an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes. |
| ~ upright, vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake.; "the ball sailed between the uprights" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ entasis | a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight. |
| n. (communication) | 8. column | a page or text that is vertically divided.; "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns" |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| n. (body) | 9. column | any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body. |
| ~ skeletal structure | any structure created by the skeleton of an organism. |
| row | | |
| n. (group) | 1. row | an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.; "a row of chairs" |
| ~ line | a formation of people or things one beside another.; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call" |
| ~ serration | a row of notches.; "the pliers had serrations to improve the grip" |
| ~ terrace | a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face).; "Grosvenor Terrace" |
| n. (communication) | 2. dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
| ~ difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| ~ affray, altercation, fracas | noisy quarrel. |
| ~ bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, fuss | a quarrel about petty points. |
| ~ bust-up | a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship). |
| n. (object) | 3. row | a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally).; "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches" |
| ~ strip | a relatively long narrow piece of something.; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. course, row | (construction) a layer of masonry.; "a course of bricks" |
| ~ damp-proof course, damp course | a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building. |
| ~ layer, bed | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" |
| ~ row of bricks | a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line). |
| ~ wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" |
| n. (group) | 5. row | a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side. |
| ~ array | an orderly arrangement.; "an array of troops in battle order" |
| ~ table, tabular array | a set of data arranged in rows and columns.; "see table 1" |
| n. (attribute) | 6. row | a continuous chronological succession without an interruption.; "they won the championship three years in a row" |
| ~ chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness, sequence | a following of one thing after another in time.; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" |
| n. (act) | 7. row, rowing | the act of rowing as a sport. |
| ~ feathering, feather | turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls. |
| ~ crab | a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply.; "he caught a crab and lost the race" |
| ~ sculling | rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| v. (motion) | 8. row | propel with oars.; "row the boat across the lake" |
| ~ stroke | row at a particular rate. |
| ~ feather, square | turn the oar, while rowing. |
| ~ boat | ride in a boat on water. |
| ~ pull | operate when rowing a boat.; "pull the oars" |
| ~ scull | propel with sculls.; "scull the boat" |
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