Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a pillar.

Etymologies

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pillar +‎ -like

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Examples

  • An enormous feathered body balanced deftly on the pillarlike legs.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • The memorial, which honors the nation's third president and main author of the Declaration of Independence, rests on concentric rings of 634 concrete pilings and pillarlike caissons sunk to bedrock.

    Workers try to repair the sinking sea wall at the Jefferson Memorial 2010

  • Silva swung toward the butte, raised his glasses, and saw smoke drift away from a point about halfway up the pillarlike formation.

    The Flood Dietz, William 2003

  • Ehomba could sense the volume above him, millions of tons of solid material balanced on pillarlike but still imperfect toes.

    Carnivores of Light and Darkness Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

  • Now they entered a region of stalag-stalac-those pointed pillarlike things that lived in caves.

    Harpy Thyme Anthony, Piers, 1934- 1994

  • Each of the six legs was thick, pillarlike, to support the massive amored bodies.

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • Each of the six legs was thick, pillarlike, to support the massive amored bodies.

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • Each of the six legs was thick, pillarlike, to support the massive amored bodies.

    The End of The Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • Each of the six legs was thick, pillarlike, to support the massive amored bodies.

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • Each of the six legs was thick, pillarlike, to support the massive amored bodies.

    The End Of The Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

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