pillar
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pillar¹
- /ˈpɪlə/ UK
- /ˈpɪlɚ/ US
- /ˈpɪllə(r)/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”). Displaced native Old English sweor (“pillar, column”) and Old English stapol.
noun pillars
- A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure. a pillar of smoke
- An essential part of something that provides support. He's a pillar of the community.
- A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. two laye-men secular eache of theym holdynge a pillar In their hondes, steade of a mace
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
verb pillars · pillaring · pillared
- To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars. Insufficient penetration, or faulty distribution of the blast, may give rise to "pillaring" — that is, the formation of a pillar or column of cold material extending up through the middle of the hearth
Pillar²
proper noun Pillars
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: column, tower, mainstay, hypostyle, keystone, buttress, abutment, volet, cornerstone, basement, underpinning, piling, plank, bulwark, landmark, bastion
Translations
Every language
noun large post, often used as supporting architecture
| Español | pilar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기둥 gidung |
| 日本語 | 柱 hashira |
| 中文 | 柱子 zhùzi, 支柱 zhīzhù |
| हिन्दी | स्तंभ stambh, खंभा khambhā |
| Kiswahili | majabali |
| Português | pilar |
| Français | pilier, pile |
| Deutsch | Pfeiler, Säule |
| Italiano | pilastro |
| Ελληνικά | στυλοβάτης stylovátis, κολώνα kolóna, στύλος stýlos |
| Română | stâlp |
| Русский | столб stolb, коло́нна kolónna |
| Tiếng Việt | cột |
| العربية | عمود |
| עברית | עמוד 'amúd |
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title = {pillar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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