PILLAR meaning: Structural support, often vertical, columnar

We found 53 dictionaries that define the word pillar:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

pillar: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pillar: Merriam-Webster
pillar, pillar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
pillar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
pillar: Collins English Dictionary
pillar: Vocabulary.com
Pillar, pillar: Wordnik
pillar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Pillar: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
Pillar, pillar: Wiktionary
pillar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
pillar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
pillar: Infoplease Dictionary
Pillar, pillar: Dictionary.com
pillar: Online Etymology Dictionary
pillar: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Pillar (Lake District), Pillar (automobile), Pillar (band), Pillar (car), Pillar (disambiguation), Pillar (landform), Pillar (video game), Pillar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Pillar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
pillar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
pillar: Rhymezone
pillar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
pillar: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
pillar: FreeDictionary.org
pillar: Mnemonic Dictionary
pillar: TheFreeDictionary.com
pillar: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (4 matching dictionaries)

pillar: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)
Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
Pillar: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
pillar: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

pillar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)

pillar: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
pillar: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
pillar: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)

Pillar: Easton Bible
Pillar: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

pillar: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
pillar: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)

CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)
Pillar: Sports Definitions

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Pillar: Dictionary of Candlemaking Terms
Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
pillar: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
▸ noun:  Something resembling such a structure.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
▸ noun:  (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
▸ noun:  The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
▸ noun:  (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
▸ noun:  (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:

column, tower, mainstay, king post, pier, bundle pillar, pile, shaft, pillar box, respond, more...

Opposite:

post, column, support, beam

Types:

Corinthian, Doric, Ionic, Tuscan, Composite, more...

Phrases:

a pillar, pillar box, pillar cells, pillar boxes, pillar candle, more...

Adjectives:

central, second, third, main, first, anterior, posterior, and, single, tall, wooden

Colors:

gray, stone, charcoal, pewter, concrete, more...