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Noun column has 7 senses

column - a line of (usually military) units following one after another
--₁ is a kind of file, single file, Indian file
column, chromatography column - a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
--₂ is a kind of tube, tubing
column - a linear array of numbers one above another
--₃ is a kind of array
--₃ is a member of table, tabular array
column, tower, pillar - anything tall and thin approximating 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"
--₄ is a kind of shape, form
--₄ has particulars: columella; hoodoo
column, editorial, newspaper column - an article giving opinions or perspectives
--₅ is a kind of article
--₅ is a part of newspaper, paper
--₅ has particulars: agony column
column, pillar - a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
--₆ is a kind of structure, construction
--₆ has particulars: obelisk; totem pole
column, pillar - (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
--₇ is a kind of upright, vertical
--₇ is a part of temple
--₇ has parts:
capital, chapiter, cap; pedestal, plinth, footstall; shaft, scape; entasis
--₇ has particulars:
atlas, telamon; caryatid; newel; pilaster; pile, spile, piling, stilt; support column