pillar

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Synonyms: pilar, pilular, pellar, pillaw, piller, villar, pillau, millar, pilla, pillai, pallar

Antonyms: pilar, pilular, pellar, pillaw, piller, villar, pillau, millar, pilla, pillai, pallar

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q4817}} {{lb|en|architecture}} A large [[post]], often used as supporting architecture.
2. Something resembling such a structure.
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} An essential part of something that provides support.
4. {{lb|en|Roman Catholic}} A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
5. The centre of the [[volta]], [[ring]], or [[manege]] ground, around which a [[horse]] turns.
6. {{lb|en|bodybuilding}} The [[body]] from the [[hip]]s over the [[core]] to the [[shoulder]]s.
7. {{lb|en|geology}} A [[vertical]], often spire-shaped, natural [[rock formation]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[provide]] with [[pillar]]s or [[added]] [[strength]] as if from pillars.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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