Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pillar
Pillar
pillar
n. 1 a a usu. slender vertical structure of wood, metal, or esp. stone used as a support for a roof etc. b a similar structure used for ornament. c a post supporting a structure. 2 a person regarded as a mainstay or support (a pillar of the faith; a pillar of strength). 3 an upright mass of air, water, rock, etc. (pillar of salt). 4 a solid mass of coal etc. left to support the roof of a mine. Phrases and idioms from pillar to post (driven etc.) from one place to another; to and fro. pillar-box Brit. a public postbox shaped like a pillar. pillar-box red a bright red colour, as of pillar-boxes. Pillars of Hercules 1 two rocks on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar. 2 the ultimate limit. Derivatives pillared adj. pillaret n. Etymology: ME & AF piler, OF pilier ult. f. L pila pillar
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English piler, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin pilare, from Latin pila Date: 13th century 1. a firm upright support for a superstructure ; post, a usually ornamental column or shaft, 2. a supporting, integral, or upstanding member or part , a fundamental precept , a solid mass of coal, rock, or ore left standing to support a mine roof, a body part that resembles a column, ~less adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1607 to provide or strengthen with or as if with ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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