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  • adjective shaped like a cylindrical pillar

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Examples

  • Pseudocolumnar and mound-shaped stromatolites, or stromatoloids, are known from five locations, with filamentous and pillar-shaped microfossils detected from a stromatolite (or stromatoloid) in the lower part of the Snowslip Formation (Horodyski, 1977, 1983a, 1985a, 1993a,b).

    Glacier National Park Geology & Paleontology: Part 5 - Snowslip & Shepard ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Pseudocolumnar and mound-shaped stromatolites, or stromatoloids, are known from five locations, with filamentous and pillar-shaped microfossils detected from a stromatolite (or stromatoloid) in the lower part of the Snowslip Formation (Horodyski, 1977, 1983a, 1985a, 1993a,b).

    Archive 2008-09-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

  • “Aha!” the Kingpriest declared after they had been playing a while, as one of his pillar-shaped Fortresses rumbled forward on creaking wheels, crushing one of Kurnos™s Footsoldiers beneath it The soldier let out a tiny cry as it died, then vanished and appeared, twisted and broken, in front of the First Son.

    Chosen Of The Gods Pierson, Chris 2001

  • There was a tall, pillar-shaped box of clear crystal.

    Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

  • In the midst of the whirl stood up one dark, pillar-shaped crag, the sole remnant of the lost islet, which the Norsemen, believing it to be some ancient hero's tomb, called "The Sea King's Grave."

    Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

  • Moreover, these constructions being pillar-shaped (Fig. 44), the intervals between them provide outlets for broken ore, and specially built passes are unnecessary.

    Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

  • (E.E.S.E.) stood above the plain a pillar-shaped mound of enormous height resembling, from a distance, a semi-ruined tower, and south-south-east

    Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

  • Also, a selection of puddings, including a cold ginger 'cabinet pudding', a pillar-shaped ice cream layered with sponge cake and preserved orange peel, one of the finest ices I've ever tasted.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Some pillar-shaped UFO motherships appeared to maneuver as if made of plasma filaments or "fiery cloud" monoliths, like the well-known aerial object in Exodus that led Moses and his group out of Egypt, according to author Barry Downing.

    UFO and Paranormal News 2009

  • Some pillar-shaped UFO motherships appeared to maneuver as if made of plasma filaments or "fiery cloud" monoliths, like the well-known aerial object in Exodus that led Moses and his group out of Egypt, according to author Barry Downing.

    UFO and Paranormal News 2009

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