Pillar

['pɪlə] or ['pɪlɚ]

Definition

(noun.) a fundamental principle or practice; 'science eroded the pillars of superstition'.

(noun.) a prominent supporter; 'he is a pillar of the community'.

Checker: Sumner--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.

(n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.

(n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.

(n.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

(a.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Column (for supporting something), shaft, post.[2]. Prop, support, supporter, maintainer.

Edited by Daisy

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Column, shaft, post, support

Typist: Wesley

Definition

n. (archit.) a detached support differing from a column in that it is not necessarily cylindrical or of classical proportions: one who or anything that sustains: something resembling a pillar in appearance.—adj. Pill′ared supported by a pillar: having the form of a pillar.—ns. Pill′ar-box a short pillar in a street with receptacle for letters to be sent by post; Pill′arist Pill′ar-saint a person in the early church who crucified the flesh by living on the summit of pillars in the open air a stylite.—From pillar to post from one state of difficulty to another: hither and thither.

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