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Definition of pilaster noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pilaster

noun
 
/pɪˈlæstə(r)/
 
/pɪˈlæstər/
(specialist)
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  1. a flat column that sticks out from the wall of a building, used as decoration
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French pilastre, from Italian pilastro or medieval Latin pilastrum, from Latin pila ‘pillar’.
See pilaster in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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