pillar russian

• коло́нна

  column, pillar

  column (of people or vehicles), convoy

• столб

  post, pole

  pillar, column

  column (of smoke or dust), plume

• бык

  bull, ox

  thug, brute, aggressive type

  strong man, big hefty guy

  pier, supporting pillar

• опо́ра

  support, prop, rest

  pillar, pylon, strut, support (of a bridge)

  support, backing, mainstay

• сто́лбик

  small post, little pillar, bollard

  column, column of figures

  style

• столп

  pillar, column

  pillar (of society), mainstay, leading figure

• просте́нок

  pier, wall section between windows, wall pillar

• столбовой

  main, principal, chief

  of ancient lineage, old-established, hereditary (of nobility)

  pillar-, post-

• пило́н

  pylon, pillar, pier

  pole, post

  pylon, external store rack

• остро́г

  A wooden fortification in the form of a wall of pointed and dug in pillars in the border strip of the Old Russian principalities

Examples

• Коло́нна наклони́лась направо и упа́ла.

  The pillar tilted to the right and fell.

• Гнило́е де́рево не годи́тся на столбы́, по́длый челове́к не годи́тся в нача́льники.

  Rotten wood is not suitable for pillars, a vile person does not fit into superiors.

• Неве́жество и страх – э́то два кита́ любо́й рели́гии.

  Ignorance and fear, those are the two pillars of any religion.

• Этот столб служит опорной конструкцией моста

  This pillar serves as a supporting structure for the bridge.

• Он был одним из столпов русской науки.

  He was one of the pillars of Russian science.

• Этот столп поддерживает крышу храма.

  This pillar supports the roof of the church.

• Дед считался столпом нашей большой семьи.

  My grandfather was considered a pillar of our large family.