Col Definition

kŏl
noun
A gap between peaks in a mountain range, used as a pass.
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The point of lowest pressure between two anticyclones or the point of highest pressure between two cyclones.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Collect.
American Heritage
Collateral.
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Collected.
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College.
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Collector.
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Prefix com-

Collinear.
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Other Word Forms of Col

Noun

Singular:
col
Plural:
cols

Origin of Col

  • French from Old French neck from Latin collum kwel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

    From Wiktionary

Col Sentence Examples

  • The most considerable of them are—the Roja, which rises in the Col di Tenda and descends to Ventimiglia; the Taggia, between San Remo and Oneglia; and the Centa, which enters the sea at Albenga.

  • In 1793 he distinguished himself by the brilliant defence of a redoubt at the Col di Tenda, with only thirty men against a battalion of the enemy.

  • That our epistle is the one referred to in Col.

  • After he had left, the camp, in charge of Col.

  • Movements of the land either of subsidence or elevation, changes in the land by the action of erosion in cutting back an escarpment or cutting through a col, changes in climate by affecting the rainfall and the volume of water, all tend to throw the river valley out of harmony with the actual condition of its stream.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOL

Words Ending With

LOLCOL

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With C and Ending With L

Starts With C & Ends With LStarts With CO & Ends With LStarts With C & Ends With OL

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With C3 Letter Words Ending With L