A Quick and Simple Dictionary

column

1. Noun.  A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
2. Noun.  A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
3. Noun.  A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
4. Noun.  A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
5. Noun.  A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
6. Noun.  (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
7. Noun.  Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.