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Collocations for column - noun

1. tall stone post

ADJECTIVE

huge, tall
fluted
colonnades of fluted Doric columns
classical
concrete, marble, stone, etc.
Corinthian, Doric, Ionic

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column + VERB

support sth
The roof is supported by four huge columns.

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2. piece of writing in a newspaper

ADJECTIVE

regular
He has a regular column in a weekly newspaper.
daily, weekly, etc.
syndicated (esp. AmE)
newspaper
advice (AmE), agony (BrE), correspondence, editorial, financial, gossip, leader (BrE), letters, obituary, op-ed (AmE), opinion, personal

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VERB + column

have, write
read
syndicate (esp. AmE)
publish, run

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column + NOUN

inches
So many column inches are devoted to movie stars.

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PREPOSITION

in a/the column
She saw his name in an obituary column.
column about, column on
a weekly column on movies showing in the capital

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3. long line of people, vehicles, etc.

ADJECTIVE

huge, long
armoured/armored, tank
marching

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PREPOSITION

in columns
to march in columns
column of
a column of troops

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PHRASES

the head of the column

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