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pedestal
The foot or bottom support of a column or pillar
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  1. The foot or bottom support of a column or pillar
  2. (Steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
  3. (Bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
mast
(Nautical) A tall vertical spar, sometimes sectioned, that rises from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails and the standing and running rigging.
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  1. (Nautical) A tall vertical spar, sometimes sectioned, that rises from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails and the standing and running rigging.
  2. Any vertical pole, as in a crane or derrick
  3. A captain's mast.
shaft
(Architecture) A column or obelisk.
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  1. (Architecture) A column or obelisk.
  2. The section of a hair projecting from the surface of the body.
  3. The stem or rib of a feather
mainstay
A stay, or line, extending forward from the mainmast, supporting it and holding it in position
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  1. A stay, or line, extending forward from the mainmast, supporting it and holding it in position
  2. (Nautical) A strong rope that serves to steady and support the mainmast of a sailing vessel.
  3. A chief support.
dependence
Dependency
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  1. Dependency
  2. The condition or fact of being dependent
  3. The condition of being dependent on a substance such as a drug or on a given behavior:
Find another word for pillar. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pillar, like: pedestal, mast, shaft, mainstay, dependence, guider, column, post and support.

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  • There was a strong crane-post, or pillar, around which the crane revolves.

  • She leaned her back against a pillar and looked up at him.

  • A railing ran round the capital of the pillar, and a ladder enabled his disciples to take him the necessaries of life.

  • This pillar was rediscovered under the following circumstances.

  • This quarter of the palace shows the double axe sign constantly repeated on its walls and pillars, and remains of miniature wall-paintings showing pillar shrines, in some cases with double axes stuck into the wooden columns.

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