column of smoke

collocation in English

meaningsofcolumnandsmoke

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column
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.əm/us
/ˈkɑː.ləm/
one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine ...
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smoke
noun
uk
/sməʊk/us
/smoʊk/
the grey, black, or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when ...
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(Definition ofcolumnandsmokefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then, early in the morning of the 27th, the lookout spotted acolumnofsmoketo the west.
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That evening / only acolumnofsmokeappeared / on the spot that was once a city.
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A section of mine was on patrol, and they saw acolumnofsmoke.
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Altars, incense sticks, candles and torches form the axis by sending acolumnofsmoke, and prayer, toward heaven.
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The calumet, or sacred pipe, represents acolumnofsmoke(the soul) rising form a world center.
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He turns off down a track to investigate acolumnofsmoke.
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The buildings went up in acolumnofsmokewhich could be seen from far off for several days.
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The storage tanks burned for five days, giving off acolumnofsmokethat could be seen 80 mi away.
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We have seen thecolumnofsmoke, drifting to the south and the ordeal of the war has descended upon us in its extended impact.
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This phenomenon can be clearly seen in the risingcolumnofsmokefrom a cigarette.
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It was reduced to its front facade, back wall, and a three-storycolumnofsmokeand charred debris.
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Nothing could be seen of that destroyer but a 300-foot-highcolumnofsmoke.
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The storage tanks burned for five days, giving off acolumnofsmokethat could be seen 80 miles away.
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He described how he was in one of these scenes where three large columns of smoke were all that was left of what used to be a great town.
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