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pillar

English

  1. 🔊 a fundamental principle or practice
    “science eroded the pillars of superstition”
  2. 🔊 a prominent supporter
    “he is a pillar of the community”
  3. 🔊 (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
  4. 🔊 a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
  5. 🔊 anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
    “the test tube held a column of white powder”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 pilar pillar, pier, mainstay

Similar words

column column mainstay column tower antenna tower arcade arch atlas backbone baluster balustrade banister barbican barrel barrow base bedrock belfry bell tower bole boundary stone brass bust