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room and pillar

room and pillar noun: a variant of breast stoping in which the mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars.

Noun

room and pillar (uncountable)

  1. A variant of breast stoping in which the mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars.
    Synonyms:
    pillar and stall

Synonyms of room and pillar

  • pillar and stall

Questions about room and pillar

What does room and pillar mean?
Room and pillar means a variant of breast stoping in which the mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars.
What part of speech is room and pillar?
Room and pillar is a noun.

Words near room and pillar in the dictionary

  1. roolya-boolya
  2. roolyeh-boolyeh
  3. room
  4. room air
  5. room and board
  6. room and pillar
  7. room by the hour
  8. room divider
  9. room dividers
  10. room for a pony
  11. room for doubt

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