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Collocations for "pillar"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pillar" in context.

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pillar

n

a [stone, cement] pillar
the building has [four] pillars
supported by pillars
was leaning against a pillar
the pillars and foundation
the pillars of the [courthouse, library]
the [courthouse] pillars
the pillars [supporting, sustaining] the [structure, library]
a [square, round] pillar
is a pillar of strength to me
is a pillar of the community
a pillar of [ice, rock, smoke]
idiom: [wandering, going] from pillar to post
idiom: were [pushed, moved] from pillar to post
a pillar candle

n as adj

a pillar candle

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'pillar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "pillar" in the title:

[From behind one pillar] I could peep round quietly at the full front of the mansion - English Only forum
a double chin, disappearing into a throat like a pillar [Jane Eyre] - English Only forum
a pillar of the community - English Only forum
but that is a dominant ideology in the modern age and a pillar of consumer capitalism. - English Only forum
buttoned around the pillar - English Only forum
desks are <over the pillar> - English Only forum
establishing a pillar franchise - English Only forum
facing one another across the pillar - English Only forum
from [around, behind] the pillar - English Only forum
From pillar to post - English Only forum
nailed on the pillar of shame - English Only forum
pillar for(of) Success - English Only forum
pillar industry - English Only forum
"pillar of the company" - English Only forum
pillar of the establishment - English Only forum
Pillar/Spire/Flash/... of light - English Only forum
prop up a pillar - English Only forum
"protective pillar" - English Only forum
running from pillar to post - English Only forum
spiritual pillar vs. spiritual support vs. emotional anchor - English Only forum
the pillar of the cathedral - English Only forum
to be a pillar - English Only forum
tower vs. column vs. pillar etc - English Only forum

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