pillar
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fundamental principle or practice
science eroded the pillars of superstition
Types & categories
- principle hypernym
- pillar of Islam hyponym
Sense 2 noun
anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
the test tube held a column of white powder
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a prominent supporter
he is a pillar of the community
Types & categories
- supporter hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
Types & categories
- structure hypernym
- obelisk hyponym
- totem pole hyponym
Sense 5 noun
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- columnar derivation
- architecture domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | principle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pillar of Islam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hulk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | columnar |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | columella |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoodoo |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | supporter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | structure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | obelisk |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | totem pole |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | columnar |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | architecture |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | temple |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chapiter |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | plinth |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | scape |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | entasis |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | upright |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | telamon |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | caryatid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | newel |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pilaster |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stilt |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | support column |