tall column
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Refers to a stone post of great height.
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- The ancient temple was supported by tall columns of marble.
- A single tall column stood as a monument in the center of the square.
- The architect's design features a tall column at the entrance.
- Sunlight streamed between the tall columns, creating long shadows on the floor.
- Archaeologists unearthed the base of a tall column that once belonged to a Roman villa.
- How did they manage to erect such a tall column without modern machinery?
- Even in ruins, the sheer scale of the tall columns gives you a sense of the temple's former glory.
- The library's grand reading room is lined with tall, fluted columns.
- We have just finished restoring the tall column that was damaged in the earthquake.
- If you look up, you will see the intricate carvings at the top of each tall column.