Column
To see columns in your dream, symbolizes strength and hard work.
You may be feeling burdened or drained in some way or find yourself needing to support others.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: a line of units following one after another
- 2: a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands [syn: column, chromatography column]
- 3: a vertical array of numbers or other information; "he added a column of numbers"
- 4: anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" [syn: column, tower, pillar]
- 5: an article giving opinions or perspectives [syn: column, editorial, newspaper column]
- 6: a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) [syn: column, pillar]
- 7: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure [syn: column, pillar]
- 8: a page or text that is vertically divided; "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"
- 9: any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body