Pillar and Stump

Pillar

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

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

Nearby Word: pillared

Stump noun - The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled.

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Pillar and stump are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pillar" instead a noun "Stump".

Nearby Words: stumped, stumper, stumpy, stumping

old	old pillar	old stump
high	high pillar	high stump
full	full pillar	full stump
particular	particular pillar	particular stump
Other adjectives: right, certain, massive, large, big, enormous, wooden, tall, larger, remaining, random, talking, nearby.

In He Knew He Was Right, the character of Miss Stanbury considers the pillar box outside her house to be "a most hateful thing", and has rants against "chucking [letters] in an iron stump" rather than entrusting them to a postal employee.

Source: Self Deprecation / Literature

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