Usually means: Decorative, flattened column, wall projection.
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  1. pilaster: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pilaster: Merriam-Webster
  3. pilaster: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pilaster: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pilaster: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pilaster: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pilaster, pilaster: Wordnik
  8. pilaster: Wiktionary
  9. pilaster: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pilaster: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pilaster: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pilaster: Dictionary.com
  13. pilaster: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Pilaster: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Pilaster: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. pilaster: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. pilaster: Rhymezone
  18. Pilaster: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. pilaster: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. pilaster: FreeDictionary.org
  21. pilaster: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. pilaster: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. pilaster: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pilaster: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. PILASTER: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. pilaster: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pilaster: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pilaster: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pilaster: Castle Terms
  2. pilaster: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. pilaster: Glossary of Medieval Architecture
  2. Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  4. pilaster: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary

(Note: See pilastering as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (decorative architecture) A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
noun:  (structural architecture) A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.

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