Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

column inch

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: colum-n inch
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.

Example Sentences

"... advertisements, $40 per column inch per year."
"One mass-circulation Sunday newspaper recently devoted several column inches to an unnecessary weekend working from Stratford to the Essex coast to provide empty stock for an up service that had ceased its high summer running the previous Saturday."
"Train operating companies get plenty of column inches in the tabloids, usually for negative reasons. Happily, Southeastern is worthy of praise for having made The Sun for something positive."

Inflected Forms

column inches (plural)

Phrases

news hole

Frequently Paired Words

news hole

Synonyms

inch

Questions

What does column inch mean?: One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.

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