vertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"pillar, column - (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure goalpost - one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field jamb - upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them" scape, shaft - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column stile - an upright that is a member in a door or window frame |