pillar
1. a fundamental principle or practice (Freq. 1)
- science eroded the pillars of superstition
• Hypernyms:
principle, rule
• Hyponyms:
pillar of Islam
2. a prominent supporter
- he is a pillar of the community
• Syn:
mainstay
• Hypernyms:
supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
3. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- the test tube held a column of white powder
- a tower of dust rose above the horizon
- a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite
• Syn:
column, tower
• Derivationally related forms:
tower (for: tower), columnar (for: column)
• Hypernyms:
shape, form
• Hyponyms:
columella, hoodoo
4. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
• Syn:
column
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
• Hyponyms:
obelisk, totem pole
5. (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
• Syn:
column
• Derivationally related forms:
columnar (for: column)
• Topics:
architecture
• Hypernyms:
upright, vertical
• Hyponyms:
atlas, telamon, caryatid, newel, pilaster,
pile, spile, piling, stilt, support column
• Part Holonyms:
temple
• Part Meronyms:
capital, chapiter, cap, pedestal, plinth,
footstall, shaft, scape, entasis
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