- a shallow rectangular column attached to the face of a wall
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pi•las•ter
(pi las′tər),USA pronunciation n. [Archit.]
- Architecturea shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pile1 (in obsolete sense "pillar'') + -aster1, modeled on Italian pilastro or Medieval Latin pīlastrum 1565–75
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pilaster /pɪˈlæstə/ n
'pilaster' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
flute
- fluting
- respond
- alette
- cable
- cabling
- canton
- chaptrel
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- pilaster mass
- pilaster strip
- pilastrade
- pillar