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column in Arabic

عَمُود ʕamūd

UK/ˈkɒləm/

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column in Arabic: عَمُود (ʕamūd), خَانَة (ḵāna). In English, column means a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

Arabic words for column

upright supporting structure
عَمُود ʕamūd
vertical line of entries in a table
عَمُود ʕamūd
a vertical body of text
خَانَة ḵāna
newspaper column
عَمُود ʕamūd

English meaning of column

  1. noun A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
  2. noun A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
  3. noun A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
  4. noun A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.

Full definition of column

column in a sentence

  • It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.
  • Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.
  • His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.

Synonyms of column

column in other languages

Questions about column in Arabic

What is the meaning of column in Arabic?
Column in Arabic is عَمُود (ʕamūd), خَانَة (ḵāna).
ما معنى كلمة column؟
Column: عَمُود (ʕamūd), خَانَة (ḵāna).
What does column mean in English?
Column means a solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

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