co|lum|nar

co|lum|nar
co|lum|nar «kuh LUHM nuhr», adjective.
1. like a column: »

columnar stalagmites.

2. of or having to do with a column or columns: »

Greek columnar architecture is probably the outcome of the Greek mode of argumentation (Atlantic).

3. made of columns: »

a columnar structure.

4. written or printed in columns: »

Type the lists in columnar form.

5. (of rocks and crystals) having a columnlike structure; prismatic.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • sem|i|co|lum|nar — «SEHM ee kuh LUHM nuhr», adjective. of or like a semicolumnlat on one side and rounded on the other, as a stem, leaf, or petiole …   Useful english dictionary

  • su|per|co|lum|nar — «SOO puhr kuh LUHM nuhr», adjective. Architecture. 1. above a column or columns. 2. having to do with supercolumniation …   Useful english dictionary

  • lum — ac·e·tab·u·lum; acic·u·lum; am·y·lum; an·te·bel·lum; an·te·o·per·cu·lum; as·co·phyl·lum; as·per·gil·lum; asy·lum; bac·u·lum; bel·lum; blaf·lum; blel·lum; bol·bo·phyl·lum; brach·y·phyl·lum; cal·o·phyl·lum; ca·lum·ba; ca·lum·ni·ate;… …   English syllables

  • nar — ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·i·nar; ac·i·nar·i·ous; ac·ti·nar·ia; ad·es·se·nar·i·an; al·cy·o·nar·ia; al·ter·nar·ia; amil·le·nar·i·an; an·ten·nar·ia; an·ti·the·nar; ar·e·nar·ia; ar·e·nar·i·ous; arun·di·nar·ia; at·ti·tu·di·nar·i·an; bi·pin·nar·ia;… …   English syllables

  • columnar — co·lum·nar …   English syllables

  • columnarly — co·lum·nar·ly …   English syllables

  • intercolumnar — Between any two columns, as the columns or crura of the superficial inguinal ring. * * * in·ter·co·lum·nar (in″tər kə lumґnər) [inter + column] situated between columns or pillars …   Medical dictionary

  • columnar — co•lum•nar [[t]kəˈlʌm nər[/t]] adj. 1) shaped like a column 2) characterized by columns 3) Also, co•lum′nal. printed or arranged in columns • Etymology: 1720–30; < LL …   From formal English to slang

  • Columnar — Co*lum nar, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.] Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. [1913 Webster] {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and set upright …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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