.
DailyCrosswordSolver.com
Search
Or enter known letters "Mus?c" (? for unknown)

Home LA Times Crossword Answers NYT Crossword Answers

  1. Homepage
  2. USA Today Crossword
  3. February 16 2022
  4. Supporting pillar

Supporting pillar

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Supporting pillar' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Supporting pillar crossword clue was last seen on February 16 2022 in the popular USA Today Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%COLUMNSupporting pillarUSA Today

Definition

• A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
• Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.
• A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
• A small army.
• A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.
• A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
• A perpendicular line of figures.
• The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:

Related Crossword Clues

We have found the following related crossword clues from the same puzzle.

If you have already solved this crossword clue and are looking for the main post then head over to USA Today Crossword February 16 2022 Answers