Defenition of the word colon
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Defenition of the word colon
- The long, coiled, tubelike organ that removes water from digested food.
- A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation.
- the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
- a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
- the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
- the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
- a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
Synonyms for the word colon
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- Costa Rican colon
- El Salvadoran colon
Meronymys for the word colon
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- centavo
- centimo
- Panama
- Republic of Panama
- sigmoid vein
- vena sigmoideus
Hyponyms for the word colon
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- ascending colon
- descending colon
- megacolon
- sigmoid colon
- sigmoid flexure
- transverse colon
Hypernyms for the word colon
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- city
- Costa Rican monetary unit
- El Salvadoran monetary unit
- large intestine
- metropolis
- port
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- surname
- urban center
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