columns
Because it is a word with a single syllable, columns is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofcolumns
- A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
Example: "It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns."
- A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
Example: "Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week."
- (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
Example: "His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper."
- Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
- The gynostemium
- (chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
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