column

/ˈkɑːləm/

nouncol · umn

Think: "COLumn has a silent UM"—you see the COL, but you don’t hear the UM.

Yes, it's column. Don’t pronounce the second syllable: the letters “u” and “n” are silent in column.

Definitions

  1. nounA vertical line of words, numbers, or other information on a page or screen.
  2. nounA tall, upright support in a building, often made of stone, wood, or metal.
  3. nounA regular article in a newspaper, magazine, or website written by the same person.

Examples

  • “Please write your answers in the left column of the chart.”
  • “The old courthouse has marble columns at the entrance.”
  • “I read her advice column every Sunday morning.”

Synonyms

pillarpostsectionfeatureseries

Translations

ES columnaPT colunaFR colonne

Common misspellings

columcolomncolunmcollumncolumnecoloumcolmncolumun

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