Meaning of स्तंभ in English

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.
A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
A small army.
A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.
A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
A perpendicular line of figures.
The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.
The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.
A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.
The state or quality of being columnar.
To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
To cease, as the flowing of blood.
That which stanches or checks.
A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
Close; secret; private.
To prop; to make stanch, or strong.