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Plural of pillar

regular plural

The plural of pillar is pillars.

Forms of pillar

Singularpillar /ˈpɪlə/
Pluralpillars /ˈpɪlɚz/
Countablecountable

Pillars in a sentence

  • While we should not alter the fundamental pillars of our policy, we should consider certain steps that will raise Taiwan's international standing.1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 181
  • Star Trek is one of the pillars of modern entertainment.2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, spoken by CJ (Christian Mallen)
  • I am literally going to draw some rectangle shapes for the pillars.2024 February 22, "Bartleby", “The making of a PowerPoint slide”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024. From the entry powerpoint
  • And there’s a limit to how many pillars will fit on a single slide.2024 February 22, "Bartleby", “The making of a PowerPoint slide”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2024. From the entry powerpoint
  • The things which have replaced them are not human but alien, ill-proportioned pillars of pinkish-brownish flesh.2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry protuberance

Meaning of pillar

  1. noun A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
  2. noun Something resembling such a structure.
  3. noun An essential part of something that provides support.

Full definition of pillar

Questions about the plural of pillar

What is the plural of pillar?
The plural of pillar is pillars.
Is pillar countable?
Pillar is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pillar (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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