Definition of Colon

Noun: colon (colons,cola)  kow-lun [N. Amer], 'kow,lón [Brit]

1. The part of the large intestine between the caecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
    
2. A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

Noun: colón (colones)

1. The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
   - El Salvadoran colón
    
2. The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
   - Costa Rican colón

Noun: Colon  kow'lón

1. A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
   - Aspinwall

See also:
Colombo
colone

Anagrams containing the word colon

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