- pillar-shaped
- adjectiveshaped like a cylindrical pillar• Similar to: ↑rounded
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pillar-shaped
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pillar box — n. Brit. a pillar shaped mailbox … English World dictionary
pillar box — noun a red pillar shaped letter box • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑postbox, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pillar-box — noun Date: 1858 British a pillar shaped mailbox … New Collegiate Dictionary
pillar-stone — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a pillar shaped monument or memorial of stone 2. : cornerstone … Useful english dictionary
PILLAR — (Heb. עַמּוּד; from the root ʿmd, to stand ), a column that stands perpendicular to the ground and generally serves to support the beams of a roof. In this article no distinction will be made between pillar, column, and post. The pillar is used… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
pillar box — n BrE old fashioned a large red tube shaped box for posting letters that stands on streets in Britain = ↑postbox →↑letterbox … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pillar box — A pillar box is a free standing post box, in the United Kingdom, where mail is deposited to be collected by the Royal Mail and forwarded to the addressee. Similar designs exist as historical artefacts in certain Commonwealth of Nations countries … Wikipedia
pillar — n. 1 a a usu. slender vertical structure of wood, metal, or esp. stone used as a support for a roof etc. b a similar structure used for ornament. c a post supporting a structure. 2 a person regarded as a mainstay or support (a pillar of the… … Useful english dictionary
pillar-box — (British) mailbox, receptacle for depositing postal mail, tall red mail box shaped like a pillar … English contemporary dictionary
pillar box — noun (C) old fashioned a large red tube shaped box for posting letters that stands on streets in Britain compare letterbox (2) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
