pillar
/ˈpɪlə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpɪlə/
pillar
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pil - lar -> pillar
Myanmar meaning
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pillar /'pÇlǝ(r)/ n
၁။ (က) (ကျောက်၊ သစ်လုံး၊ သံ စသည်ဖြင့် ပြုလုပ်ထားသော) တိုင်၊ တိုင်လုံး၊ တိုင်မ။
(ခ) တိုင်လုံးပုံ။ a pillar of fire/smoke.
၂။ ~ of sth (က) အမာခံကျောရိုး (သို့) မျက်နှာဖုံး။ လူကြီး။ a pillar of the Church/the establishment ❍ a scandal involving several pillars of society (ie highly respected people). (ခ) အချက်အချာကျ သော အစိတ်အပိုင်း၊ ကဏ္ဍ။ dismantling the pillars of apartheid ❍ eroding one of the great pillars of domestic policy, the benefits system.
❏ (go, be driven, etc) from pillar to post [IDM ] တောင်ပြေးမြောက်ပြေး ရွာဆော်ကြီးခွေး ကဲ့သို့။
❏ pillar-box n (dated Brit ) စာတိုက်ပုံး။ pillar-box red. Compare LETTERBOX, POSTBOX
More examples
- An altar standing on marble pillars
- [pillar of] : A pillar of rock/smoke
- [a pillar of society/the community/the establishment] : Mr Henderson is a pillar of society.
- [a pillar of strength/support] : You’ve been a pillar of strength to me.
- [pillar of] : The treaty is a pillar of arms control in the nuclear age.
Synonyms
support, column, post, prop, mast, stake, add fuel to fire, backbone, colonnade, guider, heat up, heating up, hyped, leader, lend a hand, light, mainstay, meritable, obelisk, pedestal, pier, pilaster, piling, praiseworthy, prop up, punch up, reinforce, rock, salt of earth, shaft, shore up, shoring up, sinew, soup up, souped up, stalwart, stanchion, stand up for, supporter, thankworthy, tower, tower of strength, upholder, upright, worthy
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