columnar.

Columnlike in form or organized into columns.

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Words that belong together

• columnar support
• columnar formation

On the page

The columnar supports left the hall’s center open.

The cliff’s columnar formation echoed the vertical rhythm of the building.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Normally relational; more columnar or most columnar only for a stated gradable resemblance. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: precise built-space description, structural component naming, spatial orientation, interior material description. Disciplines: fiction writing, architectural description, advanced descriptive English. Commonness: moderately common.