colon
NounUS[koh-luhn]/ˈkoʊlən/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (5)cola, colones
- the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excretedType of large intestineKinds transverse colon, descending colon, megacolon, ascending colon, sigmoid colonParts sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus
- a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama CanalSynonyms: AspinwallInstance of city, portPart of Panama, Republic of Panama
- the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavosSynonyms: El Salvadoran colonType of El Salvadoran monetary unitParts centavo
- the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimosSynonyms: Costa Rican colonType of Costa Rican monetary unitParts centimo
- a punctuation mark (‘:’) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)Type of punctuation, punctuation mark
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Co′lon (kō′lŏn), noun
Origin: L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. κῶλον, and in sense of the intestine, κόλον: cf. F. colon. Cf. Colic.
1. Anatomy That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum. [See Illust. of Digestion.]
2. Grammar 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
colon
<character> ":" ASCII character 58. Common names: ITU-T: colon. Rare: dots; INTERCAL: two-spot.
(1995-09-25)