pillar
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlə/
The English word “pillar” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- An essential part of something that provides support.
- A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).
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