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col-
1- variant of com- before l: collateral.
col.
2abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) strain.
col-
3- variant of colo- before a vowel:
colectomy.
col.
4abbreviation for
- collected.
- collector.
- college.
- collegiate.
- colonial.
- colony.
- color.
- colored.
- column.
col
5[ kol; French kawl ]
noun
- Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Meteorology. the region of relatively low pressure between two anticyclones.
COL
6- cost of living.
Col.
7abbreviation for
- Colombia.
- Colonel.
- Colorado.
- Bible. Colossians.
col.
1abbreviation for
- column
col
2/ kɒl; kɔl /
noun
- the lowest point of a ridge connecting two mountain peaks, often constituting a pass
- meteorol a pressure region between two anticyclones and two depressions, associated with variable weather
Col.
3abbreviation for
- Colombia(n)
- Colonel
- Bible Colossians
col-
4prefix
- a variant of com-
collateral
col-
5prefix
- a variant of colo-
colectomy
Word History and Origins
Origin of col-1
Origin of col-2
Word History and Origins
Origin of col-1
Example Sentences
"We see it here locally," says Col Jørn Kviller, speaking to me by the clear waters of the Pasvik River that separates Norway and Russia.
Cases of espionage by the border - "everything from signals intelligence to agents being sent to Norway" - have shot up, Col Kviller tells me.
The school, which occupied a massive home that patent medicine entrepreneur and Civil War surgeon Col.
Sixty-five servicemen were killed, including their commander Col Musaev.
"We in China say – we have to let the bullet fly for a moment," Col Zhou says.
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