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pillar pillar definition

pillar


 
  Grep  of  noun  pillar 
  caterpillar 
  forest  tent  caterpillar 
  lappet  caterpillar 
  pillar 
  pillar  box 
  pillars  of  hercules 
  tent  caterpillar 
  tussock  caterpillar 
  woolly  bear  caterpillar 
 
  Overview  of  noun  pillar 
 
  The  noun  pillar  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  pillar  --  (a  fundamental  principle  or  practice;  "science  eroded  the  pillars  of  superstition") 
  2.  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") 
  3.  pillar,  mainstay  --  (a  prominent  supporter;  "he  is  a  pillar  of  the  community") 
  4.  column,  pillar  --  (a  vertical  structure  standing  alone  and  not  supporting  anything  (as  a  monument  or  a  column  of  air)) 
  5.  column,  pillar  --  (a  tall  cylindrical  vertical  upright) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  pillar 
  caterpillar 
  pillared 
 
  Overview  of  noun  pillar 
 
  The  noun  pillar  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  pillar  --  (a  fundamental  principle  or  practice;  "science  eroded  the  pillars  of  superstition") 
  2.  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") 
  3.  pillar,  mainstay  --  (a  prominent  supporter;  "he  is  a  pillar  of  the  community") 
  4.  column,  pillar  --  (a  vertical  structure  standing  alone  and  not  supporting  anything  (as  a  monument  or  a  column  of  air)) 
  5.  column,  pillar  --  (a  tall  cylindrical  vertical  upright) 



pillar definition