Pronunciation guide
How to pronounce column
KOL-um - two syllables; the final 'n' is silent
US/ˈkɒləm/
kɒləm
UK/ˈkɒləm/
kɒləm
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What “column” means
A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
In a sentence
- It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
- His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.
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