# columns

Pronunciation: say "KOL-uhmz" US /ˈkɑləmz/, UK /ˈkɒləmz/

## Noun

1. Plural of column. — plural of column
   - Simple: Plural of column. Use this form when talking about more than one column.
   - _Marble columns lined both sides of the grand hall._
   - _The spreadsheet sorted the data into neatly labeled columns._
2. A juggling pattern in which props are thrown into the air alternately, each rising and falling in its own vertical path.
   - Simple: A juggling pattern where you throw the balls straight up and down, one after the other.
   - _The performer opened her act with columns, sending each ball straight up and down._
   - _Many jugglers find columns easier than cascades because the props never cross._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/columns (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).