All pillar synonyms
pilΒ·lar
P p noun pillar
- grappling iron β a grapnel.
- column β A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.
- backbone β Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- newel β newel post.
- flotation β an act or state of floating.
- minaret β a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- co-worker β Your co-workers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you.
- cairn β A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
- caryatid β a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure
- endorser β A person who endorses.
- apologist β An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
- cairns β a port in NE Australia, in Queensland. Pop: 98 981 (2001)
- anchor β An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place.
- footstone β a stone placed at the foot of a grave.
- beam β If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- lintel β a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- gravestone β a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
- icicle β a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- diaphysis β the shaft of a long bone
- obelisk β a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
- cornerstone β The cornerstone of something is the basic part of it on which its existence, success, or truth depends.
- monolith β an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
- worthy β having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- fulcra β the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- coworker β Your coworkers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you.
- crosspiece β a transverse beam, joist, etc
- mainspring β the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- menhir β an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
- linchpin β a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- erection β The action of erecting a structure or object.
- lath β a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- helve β the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- fulcrum β the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- jamb β Architecture, Building Trades. either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening. either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
- mainstay β Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- coworkers β a fellow worker; colleague.
- helves β the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- kedge β to warp or pull (a ship) along by hauling on the cable of an anchor carried out from the ship and dropped.
- espouser β One who espouses; one who embraces or adopts the cause of another.
- cenotaph β A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- maintainer β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- memorial β something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- crossbar β A crossbar is a horizontal piece of wood attached to two upright pieces, for example a part of the goal in football.
- expounder β A person who expounds, explains.
- monument β something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
- cantilever β A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
verb pillar
- hyped β to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- lend a hand β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- heat up β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
adjective pillar
- meritable β Deserving of reward.