columnar
Shaped like pillars
Columnar describes things arranged in or shaped like columns.
Data presented in columnar format appears in vertical columns rather than rows: The spreadsheet displays the figures in columnar form.
In architecture and geology, columnar refers to column-shaped structures: columnar basalt, columnar cacti.
The word emphasizes vertical arrangement or cylindrical shape.
At right angles groundward
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- pillarUpright architectural support
tall · straight · slender · standing · elongated · perpendicular · towering · symmetrical
Vertical or morally sound
- narrowOf small width
- coniferCone-bearing tree
- cypressDurable-wooded coniferous evergreen
- juniperAromatic berry-bearing conifer
poplar · habit · growth · cultivar · ornamental · vertical · tapering · evergreen
Horizontal furniture surface
- spreadsheetTabular data organizer
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- rowsSide-by-side sequences
- cellsBasic biological units
headers · fields · sorted · aligned · formatted · layout · grid · vertical
Six-edged polygon's form
- jointingCreating flush edges
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- igneousFormed from cooled magma
- lavaErupted liquid stone
cooling · crystallization · prism · fissures · contraction · formation · palisades · Devils Tower
Columned covered entryway
- peristyleColumned enclosure around courtyard
- stoaGreek columned walkway
- CorinthianOrnate Greek architectural style
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
Doric · capital · fluting · entablature · frieze · architrave · cornice · pediment
vertical
At right angles groundward
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
pillar · tall · straight · slender · standing · elongated · perpendicular · towering · symmetrical · uniform
upright
Vertical or morally sound
juniper · poplar · habit · growth · cultivar · ornamental · vertical · tapering · evergreen · specimen
table
Horizontal furniture surface
- spreadsheetTabular data organizer
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- rowsSide-by-side sequences
cells · headers · fields · sorted · aligned · formatted · layout · grid · vertical · organization
hexagonal
Six-edged polygon's form
lava · cooling · crystallization · prism · fissures · contraction · formation · palisades · Devils Tower · basaltic
portico
Columned covered entryway
- peristyleColumned enclosure around courtyard
- stoaGreek columned walkway
- CorinthianOrnate Greek architectural style
Ionic · Doric · capital · fluting · entablature · frieze · architrave · cornice · pediment · acanthus
- loose clothingbaggy, loose fit, oversized, relaxed fit, roomy
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- tissuesadipose, neural tissue, cardiac tissue, fibrous tissue, bone
- tree traitsbranching, rooted, tall, leafy, woody
- plant traitsthorny, spiny, evergreen, deciduous, flowering
- databasesSQL, table, databases, database, tables
columnarflat
Lacking vertical variation
sprawling · horizontal · squat · spreading · tabular
columnarhorizontal
Parallel to the horizon
tabular · unstructured · linear · inline · scattered
- advice columnWritten guidance for readers
- gossip columnPublished celebrity chatter
- opinion columnistWriter of editorial perspectives
- newspaper columnRegular journalistic feature
- steering columnShaft bearing the wheel
- gossip columnistJournalist covering celebrity rumors