Columnar Meaning
/kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving the shape of a column.
adjConstructed with columns.
Sentence Examples
The columnar structure was very impressive.
Trees grew in a columnar formation.
The basalt pillars formed a striking columnar structure along the coast.
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The ____ trees lining the driveway stood tall and straight like poles.
Word Origin & History
From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked"
— 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […] :
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The ____ trees lining the driveway stood tall and straight like poles.