armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

Indian file, single file, file - a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"

table, tabular array - a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"

shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"

columella - a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal

hoodoo - a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"

newspaper, paper - a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"

article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

agony column - a newspaper column devoted to personal problems

obelisk - a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top

structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

totem pole - a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast

telamon, atlas - a figure of a man used as a supporting column

chapiter, capital, cap - the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

caryatid - a supporting column carved in the shape of a person

newel - the central pillar of a circular staircase

footstall, plinth, pedestal - an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

pilaster - a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached

piling, spile, stilt, pile - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

scape, shaft - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

support column - a column that supports a heavy weight

temple - an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes

upright, vertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"

architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

entasis - a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight