PILLAR meaning: 1. a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building: 2. a very…. Learn more.
PILLAR definition: an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument. See examples of pillar used in a sentence.
The meaning of PILLAR is a firm upright support for a superstructure : post. How to use pillar in a sentence.
If you describe someone as a pillar of society or as a pillar of the community, you approve of them because they play an important and active part in society or in the community.
Definition of pillar noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define pillar. pillar synonyms, pillar pronunciation, pillar translation, English dictionary definition of pillar. n. 1. a. A slender, freestanding, vertical support; a column. b. Such a structure or one similar to it used for decoration. 2. One who occupies a central or...
To support or brace with or as with pillars. From one place to another; hither and thither. From Middle English, from Old French pilier , from Medieval Latin pilare (“a pillar" ), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole" ). She leaned her back against a pillar and looked up at him.
pillar (third-person singular simple present pillars, present participle pillaring, simple past and past participle pillared) (transitive) To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.