Synonym: column, monument, post, shaft, support. Similar words: capillary, pillage, spillage, pill, spill, pillow, spill out, spilled. Meaning: ['pɪlə(r)] 
n. 1. a fundamental principle or practice 2. anything tall and relatively thin that approximates the shape of a column or tower 3. a prominent supporter 4. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) 5. (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure.
n. 1. a fundamental principle or practice 2. anything tall and relatively thin that approximates the shape of a column or tower 3. a prominent supporter 4. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) 5. (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure. 
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(31) Morale is very low. People have just had enough of being thrown from pillar to post.
(32) There was a pillar of smoke then, too.
(33) Lucker leans against the porch pillar.
(34) A white pillar of steam marked its finale.
(35) He stood in the light from the nearest pillar.
(36) In putting this case we should first recollect the third pillar in Dicey's concept of the rule of law.
(37) This is principally a path following a narrow undulating ledge which runs across the northern face of Pillar.
(38) Whitlock hurried over to where Karen was huddled against a pillar, her head buried in her arms.
(39) It is a compromise solution which leaves the best-execution pillar swaying precariously.
(40) Down the pillar of rock, head afire and limbs like ice. Too scared to look down.
(41) Never mind that he had been a pillar of the regime and was approved on to the ballot by the Council of Guardians.
(42) I crouched down to hide behind a pillar, and watched.
(43) He supported himself against a pillar with his free hand.
(44) As important as the Organization Pillar is, it still needs strong support from the other four.http://sentencedict.com/pillar.html
(45) Observers saw Ochs poised to become the folkie / activist pillar mantle that Dylan had abandoned for rock and less political songs.
(46) When used in pillar drill, it is often very difficult to reach the on-off switch with one hand on the lever.
(47) How my heart leaped to see a red pillar box once more, on the other side of the compound!
(48) This takes us right back to the first pillar of meaningful work: freedom.
(49) As you approach, a small dwarf leaps from behind a pillar.
(50) A standby compass is mounted on the flat windscreens' central pillar.
(51) Finally, to my daughter who was a pillar of strength.
(52) Many categories of street furniture can now be listed - pillar boxes, telephone kiosks, drinking fountains and bus shelters.
(53) The pillar to support it, however, is looking decidedly shaky.
(54) With powerful strokes, he swam across to the pillar, which was still elevated from my own adventure.
(55) A narrow stairway of stone curled around a pillar near the door and disappeared through the beams of the roof.
(56) But soon he was leaning against a pillar, completely out of breath.
(57) The old servant emerged from behind a pillar, silently opened the heavy door just enough for Claudel to slip through.
(58) Mrs Southworth from the Hall was at the pillar box, posting a letter.
(59) Cotton, with an assist from this public-spirited pillar, has done his best to undo the damage caused by the hogwash.
(60) On the pillar is a cannon ball from the Prussian bombardment of Prague in 1757.
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