Definition of COLON

colon

Meanings

Plural: cola, coli, colons

Noun

  • the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
  • the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
  • the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
  • a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
  • a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
  • The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
  • The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
  • A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
  • A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
  • Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
  • A husbandman.
  • A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).

Synonyms

Aspinwall, colon-point, Costa Rican colon, El Salvadoran colon

Scrabble Score: 7

colon is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
colon is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
colon is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

colon is a valid Words With Friends word