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The correct spelling is column.
How to pronounce column
/ˈkɑljəm/
nounIPA: /ˈkɑljəm/
Say it like: Col-umn
The correct spelling is column. A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration. For example: "It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns."
Usage Examples
“It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.”
“Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.”
“His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- 2.A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- 3.A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- 4.A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
- 5.A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
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