English definition of “column”
/ˈkɒləm/ noun [C]
TALL POST › a tall, solid, usually stone post which is used to support a roof or as decoration in a building: a stone/marble column
NEWSPAPER › a regular article in a newspaper or magazine on a particular subject or by the same writer
PRINT › one of the blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper, magazine, or dictionary is divided
NUMBERS ETC › any block of numbers or words written one under the other
a column of sth › something with a tall, narrow shape: A column of smoke rose from the chimney.
PEOPLE MOVING › a long line of moving people or vehicles: a column of refugees → See also gossip column