pillar
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noun
a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument.
(建築物の一部を支える(丸い))柱, 支柱(column)
(しばしば石でできた丸い)記念碑, 塔, 標柱
something shaped like a pillar:
｟文｠ (火･煙･水などの)柱状のもの
e.g. a pillar of smoke.
a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something:
｟肯定的に｠ (社会･組織の)中心人物, 大黒柱, 重鎮
e.g. he was a pillar of his local community.
(組織･制度･協定などの)要所, 中心部分, 柱
PHRASES
from pillar to post
from one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner: the refugees have been pushed from pillar to post in that area.
DERIVATIVES
pillared | ˈpilərd | adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French piler, based on Latin pila ‘pillar’.