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short column

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noun

  1. a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The group, dressed in heavy military gear, silently affixes the pole to a short column along the edge of the roof before quickly walking away.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

In this short column, she took us from feeling sadness and hopelessness to reflection and optimism.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

Their form is innovative, a thin short column down the middle of each page, playing off the traditions of a newspaper obituary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2021

He had a short column in the paper.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2019

Their orderlies were a few paces in the rear; and the head of the short column of troopers, in line with the launch, rode at an equal interval behind them.

From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert

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