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uprights
[uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt] 
| Main Entry: |
column
[kol-uhm]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillar |
| Synonyms: | brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright |
| Main Entry: | picket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | post of structure |
| Synonyms: | pale, paling, palisade, panel, peg, pillar, rail, stake, stanchion, upright |
| Main Entry: | pier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support; place for boats |
| Synonyms: | berth, buttress, column, dam, dock, jetty, landing, levee, mole, pierage, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, post, promenade, quay, slip, upright, wharf |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
| Main Entry: | pillar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | column of building, or freestanding column |
| Synonyms: | colonnade, mast, obelisk, pedestal, pier, pilaster, piling, post, prop, shaft, stanchion, support, tower, upright |
| Main Entry: | stalk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stem of plant |
| Synonyms: | axis, bent, helm, pedicel, pedicle, reed, shaft, spike, spire, support, trunk, twig, upright |
| Main Entry: | goody two-shoes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | somebody smug and well-behaved |
| Synonyms: | Puritan, Victorian, goody-goody, prig, prissy, prude, prudish, straight-laced, upright |
| Main Entry: | stanchion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole |
| Synonyms: | beam, bolster, brace, framework, post, prop, stay, support, upright |
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