col

[ kol; French kawl ]
/ kɒl; French kɔl /

noun, plural cols [kolz; French kawl] /kɒlz; French kɔl/.

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

Origin of col

1850–55; < French < Latin collum neck

Words nearby col

coked-up, cokehead, coker, cokernut, cokuloris, col, col legno, col-, col., cola, cola nut

Definition for col (2 of 7)

COL

cost of living.

Definition for col (3 of 7)

col. 1

(in prescriptions) strain.

Origin of col.

1
From the Latin word colā

Definition for col (4 of 7)

col. 2

Definition for col (5 of 7)

Col.

Colombia.
Colonel.
Colorado.
Colossians.

Definition for col (6 of 7)

col- 1

variant of com- before l: collateral.

Definition for col (7 of 7)

col- 2

variant of colo- before a vowel: colectomy.

Example sentences from the Web for col

British Dictionary definitions for col (1 of 5)

col
/ (kɒl, French kɔl) /

noun

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

Word Origin for col

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

British Dictionary definitions for col (2 of 5)

col- 1

prefix

a variant of com- collateral

British Dictionary definitions for col (3 of 5)

col- 2

prefix

a variant of colo- colectomy

British Dictionary definitions for col (4 of 5)

col.

abbreviation for

column

British Dictionary definitions for col (5 of 5)

Col.

abbreviation for

Colombia(n)
Colonel
Bible Colossians

Medical definitions for col

col
[ kŏl ]

n.

A craterlike area of the interproximal oral mucosa joining the lingual and buccal interdental papillae.