Phrase Hound found 53 phrases and 40 compound words that contain column. The most common are listed below. Open column in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 53
- water columnA notional column of water from the surface to the bottom in a natural setting, notable for the differences in physical and chemical properties at various depths.
- fifth columnA group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
- Second Column
- steering columna column originating in the dashboard and ending at the steering wheel
- advice columnA section of a newspaper or other periodical in which readers' questions are published with corresponding answers or advice.
- letter columnA section of a periodical in which the letters of readers are published.
- vertebral columnThe series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord; the spinal column.
- column inchOne inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.
- spinal columnThe vertebral column.
- Morris columnA cylindrical outdoor sidewalk structure (like a column) used for advertising; an advertising column
- column vectorAn n×1 matrix that represents a vector.
- personal columnPart of a newspaper or magazine in which people can have personal messages published.
- column spaceThe vector space generated by all the column vectors of a matrix
- column stillSynonym of Coffey still: A two-column continuous distillation apparatus.
- control columnSynonym of stick (“a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile”).
- social columnSynonym of society column: A newspaper or magazine column that reports the activities of members of high society.
- society columnA newspaper or magazine column that reports the activities of members of high society.
- sixth columnAn additional group, beyond an identified fifth column, of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
- column inchesplural of column inch: One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.
- Taylor columnA column formed in a rotating fluid perturbed by a solid body, parallel to the axis of rotation.
- agony columnSynonym of personal column, a column in a newspaper or other periodical of personal advertisements.
- eruption columna cloud of ash emitted during a volcanic eruption
- column densityThe total amount per unit area of a material suspended in a fluid or in a cloud in space, measured along the length of a column.
- positive columnA glowing region in a glow discharge between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow.
- flying columnA small, independent, military land unit capable of rapid mobility, often using guerrilla tactics against a larger force.
Compound words 40
- columnistA regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.
- multicolumnOf or pertaining to more than one column.
- columnstoreA database storage method that stores data tables by columns rather than rows, optimizing for analytical query performance.
- columnlessLacking columns.
- columnizationFormation into columns or pillars.
- columnizeTo format (writing or data) as a series of columns.
- columnwiseBy columns; one column at a time.
- intracolumnWithin a column.
- precolumnSituated before the column of a chromatograph
- pseudocolumnA column that yields a value when selected, but is not an actual column of the table.