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pilaster

[ pi-las-ter ]
/ pÉȘˈlĂŠs tər /
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noun Architecture.
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
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Origin of pilaster

1565–75; pile1 (in obsolete sense “pillar”) + -aster1, modeled on Italian pilastro or Medieval Latin pīlastrum

OTHER WORDS FROM pilaster

un·der·pi·las·ter, noun

Words nearby pilaster

pil., pilaf, pilar, pilar cyst, pilar tumor of scalp, pilaster, pilastered, pilaster mass, pilaster strip, pilastrade, Pilate
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Words related to pilaster

monument, dam, dock, jetty, promenade, wharf, pedestal, brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, obelisk, peristyle, pier, post, prop

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British Dictionary definitions for pilaster

pilaster
/ (pÉȘˈlĂŠstə) /
noun
a shallow rectangular column attached to the face of a wall

Derived forms of pilaster

pilastered, adjective

Word Origin for pilaster

C16: from French pilastre, from Latin pīla pillar
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