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columnar

adjective as in cylindrical

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Fragment, apparently from a columnar mass, of a stone intermediate between clink-stone and compact felspar.

The north of Blue-Mud Bay has furnished also specimens of ancient sandstone; with columnar rocks, probably of clink-stone.

Michael was informed of their disgrace by dark-eyed Mallock whose father wrote columnar letters to The Times.

The great columnar rampart ran almost north and south and the tent was on its eastern side.

Long years of labor by artists the most unconscious of their skill had been given to modelling these columnar firs.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to columnar, such as: barrel-shaped, circular, cylindric, and round.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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