In the midst of the whirl stood up one dark, pillar-shaped crag, the sole remnant of the lost islet, which the Norsemen, believing it to be some ancient hero's tomb, called "The Sea King's Grave.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference

Pseudocolumnar and mound-shaped stromatolites, or stromatoloids, are known from five locations, with filamentous and pillar-shaped microfossils detected from a stromatolite (or stromatoloid) in the lower part of the Snowslip Formation (Horodyski, 1977, 1983a, 1985a, 1993a,b).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference

“Aha!” the Kingpriest declared after they had been playing a while, as one of his pillar-shaped Fortresses rumbled forward on creaking wheels, crushing one of Kurnos™s Footsoldiers beneath it The soldier let out a tiny cry as it died, then vanished and appeared, twisted and broken, in front of the First Son.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chosen Of The Gods]

(E.E.S.E.) stood above the plain a pillar-shaped mound of enormous height resembling, from a distance, a semi-ruined tower, and south-south-east.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

Moreover, these constructions being pillar-shaped (Fig. 44), the intervals between them provide outlets for broken ore, and specially built passes are unnecessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration] Reference

Also, a selection of puddings, including a cold ginger 'cabinet pudding', a pillar-shaped ice cream layered with sponge cake and preserved orange peel, one of the finest ices I've ever tasted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Some pillar-shaped UFO motherships appeared to maneuver as if made of plasma filaments or "fiery cloud" monoliths, like the well-known aerial object in Exodus that led Moses and his group out of Egypt, according to author Barry Downing.    From Wordnik.com.  [UFO and Paranormal News] Reference

"Unfortunately, early attempts to make photovoltaic cells based on pillar-shaped semiconductors grown from the bottom up yielded disappointing results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment] Reference