column support sth

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Used when a column holds the weight of something, like a roof.

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Examples (10)

  • Four huge stone columns support the main entrance of the museum.
  • The balcony was supported by two elegant marble columns.
  • The architect's design shows that steel columns will support the entire upper floor.
  • In the ancient temple, a row of massive columns supported the heavy roof.
  • Each column is engineered to support a load of over fifty tons.
  • These ancient Doric columns have supported this structure for more than two thousand years.
  • It's amazing how such slender columns can support so much weight.
  • If just one column fails, the entire portico it supports could collapse.
  • We could see the internal concrete columns supporting the bridge from below.
  • Do these decorative columns actually support the archway, or are they just for show?