query | A c_____ is a group of people or animals which moves in a long line.A column is a group of people or animals which moves in a long line. There were reports of columns of military vehicles appearing on the streets. |
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word | column |
full-definition | noun A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building. ...a London landmark, Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. A column is something that has a tall narrow shape. The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air. A column is a group of people or animals which moves in a long line. There were reports of columns of military vehicles appearing on the streets. On a printed page such as a page of a dictionary, newspaper, or printed chart, a column is one of two or more vertical sections which are read downwards . We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures. In The Dictionary of Quotations, there are no fewer than one and a half columns devoted to 'kiss'. In a newspaper or magazine, a column is a section that is always written by the same person or is always about the same topic . His name features frequently in the social columns of the tabloid newspapers. She also writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement. |
inflections | columns |
cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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