Pillar Definition
pĭlər
pillars
noun
pillars
A long, slender, vertical structure used to support a superstructure; column.
Webster's New World
Such a column standing alone as a monument.
Webster's New World
Such a structure or one similar to it used for decoration.
American Heritage
Anything like a pillar in form or function, as a formation of ore left standing as a support in a mine.
Webster's New World
One who occupies a central or responsible position.
A pillar of the state.
American Heritage
verb
To support or brace with or as with pillars.
Webster's New World
idiom
from pillar to post
- From one place to another; hither and thither.
American Heritage
from pillar to post
- from one predicament, place of appeal, etc. to another, usually under harassment
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Pillar
Noun
Singular:
pillar
Plural:
pillarsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pillar
Origin of Pillar
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From Middle English, from Old French pilier , from Medieval Latin pilare (“a pillar"), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French pilier from Medieval Latin pīlāre from Latin pīla
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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