English Explanatory Dictionary

columnar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the shape of a column.
  2. Constructed with columns.
  3. Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).

Pronunciation

/kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-columnar.wav

Word forms

columnar

Etymology

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

Derived words

bicolumnar circumcolumnar columnarity columnarize columnarly extracolumnar half columnar intercolumnar intracolumnar microcolumnar multicolumnar nanocolumnar noncolumnar pseudocolumnar semicolumnar squamocolumnar stratified columnar epithelium subcolumnar supercolumnar supracolumnar transcolumnar tricolumnar
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