pilaster

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(technical) a flat column that sticks out from the wall of a building, used as decoration

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

pilasterEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus pilasterEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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piglet pigment pigmentation pigmented pigmy pigskin pigsty pigswill pigtail pike pikestaff

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