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col

noun
\ ˈkäl How to pronounce col (audio) \

Definition of col

 (Entry 1 of 7)

: saddle sense 3

col

abbreviation (1)

Definition of col (Entry 2 of 7)

1 colonial
2 colony
3 color; colored
4 column
5 counsel

col

abbreviation (2)
variants: or coll

Definition of col (Entry 3 of 7)

1 collateral
2 collect; collected; collection
3 college; collegiate

Col

abbreviation (3)

Definition of Col (Entry 4 of 7)

1 colonel
2 Colorado
3 Colossians

COL

abbreviation (4)

Definition of COL (Entry 5 of 7)

1 colonel
2 cost of living

col-

prefix

Definition of col- (Entry 6 of 7)

— see com-

col-

combining form
variants: or coli- or colo-

Definition of col- (Entry 7 of 7)

1 : colon colitis colostomy
2 [ New Latin Escherichia coli, species of colon bacillus ] : E. coli coliform coliphage
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Synonyms for col

Synonyms: Noun

canyon (also cañon), couloir, defile, flume, gap, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine, saddle

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Examples of col in a Sentence

Noun

 a remote col in the Alps

First Known Use of col

Noun

1853, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for col

Noun

French, from Middle French, neck, from Latin collum

Combining form

New Latin, from Latin colon

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More Definitions for col

col.

abbreviation

Kids Definition of col.

column

Col.

abbreviation

Kids Definition of Col.

1 colonel
2 Colorado

col-

Kids Definition of col-

see com-

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