stone pillar; stalactite-stalagmite column
Meanings
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stone pillar; stone column
Refers to architectural columns or pillars made of stone, commonly found in traditional buildings, bridges, and monuments.
Several tall stone pillars stand in front of the palace.
This ancient bridge is supported by massive stone columns.
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The craftsmen carefully carved the patterns on the stone pillars.
noun
cave column; stalagnate
technicalGeological term for the column formed when a stalactite (hanging from the cave ceiling) and a stalagmite (rising from the cave floor) grow toward each other and eventually join. Also called a stalagnate.
There are many spectacular cave columns in this limestone cave.
After thousands of years of growth, the stalactite and stalagmite finally joined to form a single column.
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The guide told us that the formation of these columns takes tens of thousands of years.