Pilaster synonyms

pĭ-lăs'tər

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prop
(Rugby) The player who is next to the hooker in a scrum.
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pillar
Such a column standing alone as a monument
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minaret
A high, slender tower attached to a mosque, with one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin, or crier, calls the people to prayer
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column (related)
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
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post (related)
A message posted in an electronic forum. [from 20th c.]
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alette
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anta
(Architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
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pier
The portion of a wall between windows, doors, or other openings.
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support
Financial or other help.
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pediment (related)
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entablature (related)
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triglyph (related)
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pedimented (related)
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quatrefoil (related)
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fluted (related)
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unfluted (related)
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corbel (related)
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spandrel (related)
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paterae (related)
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tie-beams (related)
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traceried (related)
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volute (related)
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hammerbeams (related)
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Find another word for pilaster. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pilaster, like: prop, pillar, minaret, column, post, alette, anta, pier, support, pediment and entablature.
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Pilaster Sentence Examples

  • A stonemason carved the Roman letters H IIII into this stone pilaster.

  • Here a pilaster forming the back of the figure receives a Corinthian capital, upon which the architrave rests; and the figures merely brace up the pilaster.

  • Each stalactite, stalagmite and pilaster was measured, numbered, and removed in sections.

  • The use of brick led to the early development of the pilaster and column, as well as of frescoes and enamelled tiles.

  • That which is inscribed with the name of "Midas the King" is the most remarkable example of one class, in which a large perpendicular surface of rock is covered with a geometrical pattern of squares, crosses and maeanders, surmounted by a pediment supported in the centre by a pilaster in low relief.

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