col-

¹

1. variant of com- before l: collateral.

col.

²

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) strain.

col-

³

1. variant of colo- before a vowel:

   colectomy.

col.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. collected.
2. collector.
3. college.
4. collegiate.
5. colonial.
6. colony.
7. color.
8. colored.
9. column.

col

⁵

[ kol; French kawl ]

noun

, plural cols [kolz, kawl].

1. Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
2. Meteorology. the region of relatively low pressure between two anticyclones.

COL

⁶

1. cost of living.

Col.

⁷

abbreviation for

1. Colombia.
2. Colonel.
3. Colorado.
4. Bible. Colossians.

col-

¹

prefix

1. a variant of colo-

   colectomy

col.

²

abbreviation for

1. column

col

³

/ kɒl; kɔl /

noun

1. the lowest point of a ridge connecting two mountain peaks, often constituting a pass
2. meteorol a pressure region between two anticyclones and two depressions, associated with variable weather

Col.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Colombia(n)
2. Colonel
3. Bible Colossians

col-

⁵

prefix

1. a variant of com-

   collateral

Word History and Origins

Origin of col-¹

From the Latin word colā

Origin of col-²

1850–55; < French < Latin collum neck

Word History and Origins

Origin of col-¹

C19: from French: neck, col, from Latin collum neck

Example Sentences

“I think it is important to say it is too soon to judge success or failure,” said Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.

From The Daily Beast

He cites an interview that a freed POW, Air Force Lt. Col. William Harrison, gave to The New York Times in 1953.

From The Daily Beast

The entry was read aloud by Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens at a September press conference a few days later.

From The Daily Beast

Col. Byrne was the father of Eugene Byrne, the West Point cadet who died recently from injuries received in a football game.

From The Daily Beast

Col. Strelkov has admitted that he only quit working with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in May 2013.

From The Daily Beast

Col. Ethan Allen arrived from England, and was received with discharges of cannon.

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Col. Moore, a veteran politician of the Old Dominion, was a most pleasant and affable gentleman, and a great lisper withal.

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A month later he saved the whole army at the Col de Pierre troite.

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Havana tobacco was first cultivated in this state by Col. McIntosh, and succeeded finely in some of the counties along the coast.

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Its people were mostly well educated and intelligent, and they had Col. Crompton, with his fine house and grounds.

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