Category:Pillars

col•umn – (1) tall pillar usually round and made of stone, either supporting part of the roof of a building or standing alone as a monument: The temple is supported by massive columns. – (2) thing shaped like a column: a column of smoke = smoke rising straight up; a column of mercury (in the thermometer). – (3) […] [1]
pil•lar – (1a) upright column of stone, wood, metal etc used as a support or an ornament, a monument, etc. – (1b) thing in the shape of this: a pillar of cloud, fire, smoke, etc. – (2) ~ of something strong supporter of something: a pillar of the Church, the establishment, the faith. – (3) […] [1] A pillar's base section can be all shapes – except circular.
pier – […] (2) one of the pillars supporting an arch or a span of a bridge. – (3) wall between two windows or other openings. […] – (1a) structure of wood, iron, etc built out into the sea, a lake, etc so that boats can stop and take on or put down passengers or goods, [1] →Piers (coastal structure) […]
pile – (1) heavy column of wood, metal or concrete placed upright in the ground or the sea-bed as a foundation for a building, support for bridge, etc. – (2) number of things lying one upon another. […] [1]
  1. 1 2 3 4 Oxford advanced learner's dictionary, ISBN 0194311414.
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pilastro; pilier; pillér; pillar; Pfeiler; pilar; Бағана; پیلار; Fil ayağı; stop; navpični nosilec z večinoma pravokotnim prečnim prerezom; supporting structures, detached vertical members, often rectangular shape; senkrechte Stütze mit meist eckigem Querschnitt; elemento estrutural que recebe cargas verticais; steber; oszlop; Stütze; Säule; column
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supporting structures, detached vertical members, often rectangular shape
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English: A pillar is a vertical support structure in architecture. Pillars are similar to columns, providing support as vertical compression members, but a pilar can be made of any material and a pillar's base section can be all shapes — except circular.
Deutsch: Pillar könnte man mit Pfeiler übersetzten, genauso wie auch pier (→category: pier (architecture)). Mit letzterem sind eher „Brückenpfeiler“, „Wandpfeiler“ oder „Bogenpfeiler“ gemeint.
Pillars nennt man vorrangig das, wozu man allgemein auch Säulen (→category: columns) sagt, nur mit dem Unterschied, dass pillars meist keinen runden Querschnitt haben. Aber auch im Englischen wird das kaum unterschieden, so dass man dort in der Wikipedia pillar auf coloumn weiterleitet und in einem gemeinsamen Artikel behandelt.
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