Look up: pillar


  1. Pillar
    The term pillar (also piler or pyller) is frequently confounded with column, but a pillar differs from a column in not being subservient to the rules of classical proportion, and in not necessarily consisting of a single circular shaft. The pillars used in medieval architecture are subject to no fix...
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  2. pillar
    [n] - a prominent supporter 2. [n] - a fundamental principle or practice
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  3. Pillar
    A brass post separating the two plates of a full-, half- or three-quarter-plate movement.   Until about 1790 pillars were of various ornamental forms, usually rectangular or polygonal in cross-section;  afterwards they were cylindrical.
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  4. Pillar
    Vertical compression member usually constructed from masonry.
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  5. Pillar
    Column of slate left underground to support the area above it
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  6. Pillar
    free-standing member which, unlike a column need not be cylindrical or pretend to belong to an order. A clustered column is one which is made up of, or appears to be made up of a number of smaller pillars.
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  7. Pillar
    An upright support of square cross-section.
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  8. Pillar
    A free-standing load bearing support, such as a column. Sometimes it is an isolated member erected for commemorative purposes.
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  9. Pillar
    Pil'lar noun [ Middle English piler French pilier , Late Latin pilare , pilarium , pilarius , from Latin pila a pillar. See Pile a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, in...
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  10. Pillar
    Pil'lar adjective (Machinery) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
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  11. pillar
    1. 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. 'Jacob set a pillar upon her grave.' (Gen. Xxxv. 20) 'The place . . . Vast and ...
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  12. pillar
    noun a fundamental principle or practice; `science eroded the pillars of superstition`
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  1. pillar
    mainstay noun a prominent supporter; `he is a pillar of the community`
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  2. pillar
    (pil´әr) a supporting column, usually occurring in pairs. pillars of fauces the palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal arch considered together.
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  3. Pillar
    • (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.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a ca...
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  4. pillar
    in architecture and building construction, any isolated, vertical structural member such as a pier, column, or post. It may be constructed of a ... [4 related articles]
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  5. Pillar
    Pillar is a Spanish girl name. The meaning of the name is `Pillar, column` The name Pillar doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Pillar seems to be unique!
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  6. Pillar
    [car] Pillars are the vertical or near vertical supports of an automobile`s window area or greenhouse — designated respectively as the A, B, C or D-pillar moving in profile view from the front to rear. In American and British English, the pillars are sometimes referred to as posts (A-post,...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_(car)

  7. Pillar
    [Lake District] Pillar is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. Situated between the valleys of Ennerdale to the north and Wasdale to the south, it is the highest point of the Pillar group (some dozen fells clustered round it). At 892 metres (2,927 feet) it is the eigh...
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  8. Pillar
    [band] Pillar is a Christian rock band currently located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their sixth studio album, Confessions, was released in 2009. == History == === Formation and independent albums === Pillar started in Hays, Kansas in 1998, when Fort Hays State University roommates Brad Noone and Ro...
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  9. Pillar
    An area of coal left to support the overlying strata in a mine; sometimes left permanently to support surface structures.
    Found op http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.htm

  10. Pillar
    Vertical structural member which bears a load - arches, architraves or vaults. It may be square, oblong or polygonal in shape. Romanesque pillars are usually cruciform with a column on each of the four sides; Gothic pillars generally consist of a 'cluster' of columns.
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  11. pillar
    1. a fundamental principle or practice
    2. anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower
    3. a prominent supporter
    4. a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
    5. a tall cylindrical vertical upright

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  12. Pillar
    A vertical shaft of light extending above or below the sun, moon, or other strong light source. Also, sun pillar.
    Found op http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/general/wxgls_ad.htm#a

  13. pillar
    pillar, freestanding columnar supporting member. It is a general term, little used as an exact architectural definition except as applied to an upright support in the medieval styles, consisting of an assemblage of juxtaposed shafts and moldings; unlike the column, it does not adhere to the rules of...
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