Pronunciation guide

How to pronounce column

KOL-um - two syllables; the final 'n' is silent

US/ˈkɒləm/

ləm

UK/ˈkɒləm/

ləm

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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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