Keep and Pillar

Keep

Keep noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.

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Pillar and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pillar" instead a noun "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Pillar noun - An upright shaft that supports an overhead structure.

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Keep and pillar are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a noun "Pillar".

Nearby Word: pillared

old	old keep	old pillar
good	good keep	good pillar
full	full keep	full pillar
clean	clean keep	clean pillar
Other adjectives: single, visible, small, powerful, massive, big, great, huge, black, main, major, remaining, nearby.

Brian and I arranged for them to lie low in hell for a little while, if only to keep some knuckleheaded creator from, oh, say, turning Heat Wave into a living pillar of fire.

Source: Crisis Crossover
Elinor (who had refrained from fighting to keep a hold of her bear side) bursts free from the ropes tying her down and tackles Mordu away before fighting him head-on, eventually killing him with a falling pillar.

Source: Big Damn Heroes / Film
All you have to do is wait on a slightly-elevated pillar to keep him from clipping through the ground, and occasionally run around to pick up all the dropped money and weapons.

Source: Game Breaker / Borderlands 2

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