Definition of column
1 a
:a vertical arrangement of items printed or written on a page
- columns of numbers
b
:one of two or more vertical sections of a printed page separated by a rule or blank space
- The news article takes up three columns.
c
:an accumulation arranged vertically :stack
- columns of paint cans
d
:one in a usually regular series of newspaper or magazine articles
- the gossip column
- advice columns
2
:a supporting pillar;
especially
:one consisting of a usually round shaft, a capital, and a base
- a colonnade of marble columns
3 a
:something resembling a column in form, position, or function
- a column of water
- columns of smoke
b
:a tube or cylinder in which a chromatographic separation takes place
4
:a long row (as of soldiers)
- columns of troops
5
:one of the vertical lines of elements of a determinant or matrix
6
:a statistical category or grouping
- put another game in the win column
