central pillar

collocation in English

meaningsofcentralandpillar

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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pillar
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪl.ər/us
/ˈpɪl.ɚ/
a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of ...
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(Definition ofcentralandpillarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many of the caves have acentralpillardesign whereby pilgrims may circumambulate around a central column which is a representation of the stupa.
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From the fifth storey upwards, the pagoda construction is entirely made of wood, constructed around acentralpillar.
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Thecentralpillarof the hall holds the entire weight of the domes.
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The neon tubes encircling thecentralpillarshine at night.
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Government-sponsored health insurance is acentralpillarof the modern welfare state.
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Bicamerality is, and has been for centuries, acentralpillarof our parliamentary democracy.
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Let me say in conclusion that the child benefit is acentralpillarin our social security system.
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That brings me to thecentralpillarof our proposals.
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And acentralpillarof our efforts to increase their effectiveness has been to encourage greater developing country ownership of policy reforms and decisions.
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These demand policies are acentralpillarof our sustainable approach to energy policy aimed at addressing the major environmental concerns of our citizens.
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Secondly, the legislative framework implementing the integrated approach will be thecentralpillarof our revised strategy, but it is not the only one.
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It has robbed many a small community of itscentralpillar.
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In that way the ordinary citizen is bound into the criminal process forming acentralpillarof our democracy and one of its greatest safeguards.
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They regard the common agricultural policy as thecentralpillarof the system, and if that were pulled out, they would walk out of the whole arrangement.
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If this continues to be thecentralpillarof our defence strategy, and for political reasons it appears to be so, other commitments will have to go.
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The voluntary principle remains thecentralpillar.
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Some pillars have a cluster of smaller pillars around acentralpillarshaft.
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The absence of thecentralpillaraffected the structure of the body and often caused problems.
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She was buried under thecentralpillarof the castle keep.
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