Phrase Hound found 44 phrases and 26 compound words that contain pillar. The most common are listed below. Open pillar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 44
- pillar of fireSynonym of fire whirl: A whirling column of fire found in large fiery areas such as wildfires.
- pillar of societyAn important or highly respected member of society.
- pillar of strengthA person who provides reliable, unwavering support to somebody in need.
- Cape PillarA locality in Tasman council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- B-pillarThe vertical support dividing a car's front side window from its rear or central side window.
- C-pillarThe vertical support dividing a car's rear window from its rear windscreen, or, if the car has an additional window and D-pillar, the support dividing the central and rear windows.
- D-pillarThe vertical support dividing a car's rear windscreen from its rear window (where the car has a central side window between the front and rear side windows; see C-pillar).
- pillar boxA free-standing item of street furniture in the form of a short, red pillar (green in the Irish Republic) with a slot for posting letters.
- water pillarA waterspout (whirlwind).
- solar pillarSynonym of sun pillar: A light pillar produced by sunlight, usually when the Sun is near or below the horizon.
- pillar of flameSynonym of fire whirl: A whirling column of fire found in large fiery areas such as wildfires.
- pillar of the communityA prominent member or supporter of a particular community.
- earth pillarA conical column of soil formed by erosion of the surrounding material
- ice pillarSynonym of light pillar: A visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near-horizontal parallel planar surfaces.
- light pillarA visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near-horizontal parallel planar surfaces.
- pillar boxesplural of pillar box: A free-standing item of street furniture in the form of a short, red pillar (green in the Irish Republic) with a slot for posting letters.
- pillar candleA very wide, freestanding candle that can burn for a long time.
- pillar dollarSynonym of Spanish dollar: A globally traded silver coin minted by the Spanish Empire from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
- pillar drillSynonym of drill press: A machine tool in which a rotating cutter, usually a twist drill, is pushed into a workpiece to produce a hole.
- sun pillarA light pillar produced by sunlight, usually when the Sun is near or below the horizon.
- room and pillarA variant of breast stoping in which the mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars.
- pillar and stall(mining)
- triangulation pillarA concrete pillar used by the Ordnance Survey as a point for taking theodolite measurements, used in determining the exact shape of the country in a mid-20th-century retriangulation project.
- Pillar ValleyA locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- sand pillarA whirling, columnar vortex of sand occasionally seen in desert regions.
Compound words 26
- pilasterA rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
- pillarizeTo divide into social pillars, in which each social group has its own social institutions.
- pillaretA little pillar.
- pillarlikeResembling or characteristic of a pillar.
- pillaryPillared.
- bepillaredFurnished with pillars.
- depillarto remove a pillar, or pillars, from a mine
- hydropillarA water tower taking the form of a single high pillar, rather than an exterior truss structure.
- micropillarA microscopic pillar
- pillarisationAlternative spelling of pillarization: The act or process of pillarizing.