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pillarlike

  • a word derived from pillar.
    pillar
    noun
    an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument.

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Such roots dangle from a banyan’s long, massive limbs, eventually entering the ground to form a pillarlike new trunk that helps support those limbs.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2023

For example, the dinosaurs had weight-bearing pillarlike legs, small heads, and bones peppered with air sacs.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 27, 2017

Futilely he beat and thrust with his arms against the pillarlike limb.

From Salvage in Space by Williamson, Jack

They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg