Définition "column" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

column (columns plural )

1 n-count A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building. (=pillar)
...a London landmark, Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.

2 n-count A column is something that has a tall narrow shape.
The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air.

3 n-count 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.

4 n-count 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...

5 n-count 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.
She also writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement.

6
→ agony column
→ gossip column
→ personal column
→ spinal column
→ steering column