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• cole
  cole

  noun

  any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rapeseed.
• Cole
  Cole

  noun

  Nat “King” Nathaniel Adams Coles, 1919?–65, U.S. singer and jazz pianist.

cole

¹ American  

[kohl] / koʊl /

noun

1. any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rapeseed.

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Cole ² American  

[kohl] / koʊl /

noun

1. Nat “King” Nathaniel Adams Coles, 1919?–65, U.S. singer and jazz pianist.

2. Thomas, 1801–48, U.S. painter, born in England: a founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting.

3. Timothy, 1852–1931, U.S. wood engraver, born in England.

4. a male given name.

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Cole ¹ British  

/ kəʊl /

noun

1. Nat `King' , real name Nathaniel Adams Cole. 1917–65, US popular singer and jazz pianist

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cole ² British  

/ kəʊl /

noun

1. Also called: colewort.  any of various plants of the genus Brassica, such as the cabbage and rape

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Etymology

Origin of cole

First recorded before 1000; Middle English col(e), Old English cāl, cāw(e)l; akin to German Kohl “cabbage”; from Latin caulis “stalk, cabbage”; cognate with Greek kaulós “stalk”; see kohlrabi

Example Sentences

COLE: Well, I’m not going to disagree with you because it’s a point I made myself in conference.

From MSNBC • Aug. 1, 2014

COLE: Well, I don’t think we would necessarily have enough to have a warrant for you with just that one phone call, Congressman.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2014

COLE: We don’t screen any numbers as far as I know.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2014

COLE: There was a warrant for -- there was a warrant for personal emails but there was also the -- they wiretapped his family.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2014

Will be published shortly by E. W. COLE, if he can see his way clear, a volume containing all that has ever been written, said, or thought by mankind.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)