columnar

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.

Its roof and floor were abundantly equipped with large stalactites and stalagmites, some of which met in columnar form. — At the mountains of madness, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
Odd little devils of whirlwinds, marked by columnar pillars of dust, danced deviously across the fields and along the trails. — Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters, A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
One of the agents with a picket of a few of our blacks, armed for the purpose, was keeping guard over the ivory; but deep within the forest, red gleams that wavered, that seemed to sink and rise from the ground amongst confused columnar shapes of intense blackness, showed the exact position of the camp where Mr. Kurtz’s adorers were keeping their uneasy vigil. — Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

columniform, columnlike

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