colon
(noun) the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
colon
(noun) a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
Colon, Aspinwall
(noun) a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
colon, Costa Rican colon
(noun) the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
colon, El Salvadoran colon
(noun) the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
Source: WordNet® 3.1
colon (plural colons or cola)
The punctuation mark ":".
(rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
(palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
• (punctuation mark): colon-point (obsolete)
colon (plural colons or cola)
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
• (final segment of digestive system): large bowel
• (segment of digestive system): large intestine
colon (plural colons)
(obsolete) A husbandman.
A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
• Locon, locon, lonco
Colon
A surname.
• Locon, locon, lonco
Source: Wiktionary
Co"lon, n. Etym: [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. colon. Cf. Colic.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum.
Note: [See Illust of Digestion.]
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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