Definition of Support column

1. Noun. A column that supports a heavy weight.

Generic synonyms: Column, Pillar
Specialized synonyms: Lally, Lally Column

Lexicographical Neighbors of Support Column

supply depot
supply depots
supply line
supply lines
supply officer
supply route
supply ship
supply side
supply teacher
supply teachers
supplyant
supplying
supplyment
supplyments
support
support column (current term)
support dog
support force
support group
support groups
support hose
support level
support payment
support stocking
support system
supportability
supportable
supportableness
supportably
supportance

Literary usage of Support column

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"If the information you read supports your choices above, place a check in the support column. If the information does not support your choices above ..."

2. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"... use implies stay or support. Column denotes a pillar esp. of a particular type; its fig. uses are based ..."

3. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"PILLAR (Fr. pilier) commonly conveys the idea of support: COLUMN" (Lat. columna) superadas those of size and ornamentation. Support is. however, not an ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... support; column temperature, 150°; injector block temperature, 220°), and relative peak areas were estimated using the "cut out and weigh" method. ..."

5. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"A firm, upright separate support; column. 2. Something resembling a column in form or use. 3. One who or that which strongly supports. [< L.Lt+oF pi/a, ..."

6. Webster's Academic Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1895)
"[F. pilier, fr. L- pila pillar. Se« PILE, a heap.] 1. A support, column, or post ; shaft erected for a monument. 2. A supporter or mainstay. ..."

7. Germany by OECD Staff (2005)
"In particular, they received only 3% of all vocational training measures (Column 5) and less than 1% of work preparation support (Column 4). ..."

8. Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability by National Research Council (1999)
"... natural capital—the resources and capitalized value of services provided by the natural world—and is marked in the "life support" column in Table 5.2. ..."

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