The word 'pillar' is used as a noun and it signifies a round stone that is very large and usually used as a supportive structure to a bridge or the roof of a building. A pillar can also be made of wood or metal and when it is used to support a roof usually you will find it a quite decorative structure. Sometimes it is used not to support anything but is made in the remembrance of a famous personality or sometimes to remind people of a remarkable event. The word can also be used for anything that has the shape of a pillar and mostly you come across this use of the word with smoke and the term is a pillar of smoke.
The word has its figurative uses also and you can use the word for somebody who is a staunch supporter of somebody or something. The word has its uses in an idiom also and the idiom 'be driven from pillar to post' is used to convey a phenomenon of to be forced to go one person to another without achieving anything.
The word has its figurative uses also and you can use the word for somebody who is a staunch supporter of somebody or something. The word has its uses in an idiom also and the idiom 'be driven from pillar to post' is used to convey a phenomenon of to be forced to go one person to another without achieving anything.