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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kɒl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kol; Fr. kôl)

Inflections of 'col' (n): npl: cols

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
col  (kol; Fr. kôl),USA pronunciation n., pl. cols 
    (kolz; Fr. kôl).USA pronunciation 
  1. Geology, Foreign Terms[Physical Geog.]a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
  2. Foreign Terms, Meteorology[Meteorol.]the region of relatively low pressure between two anticyclones.
  • Latin collum neck
  • French
  • 1850–55

COL ,
  1. cost of living.

col-1 ,
  1. var. of com- before l: collateral.

col-2 ,
  1. var. of colo- before a vowel:colectomy.

Col. ,
  1. Place NamesColombia.
  2. MilitaryColonel.
  3. Place NamesColorado.
  4. BibleColossians.

col. ,
  1. Drugs(in prescriptions) strain.
  2. collected.
  3. collector.
  4. college.
  5. collegiate.
  6. colonial.
  7. colony.
  8. color.
  9. colored.
  10. column.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
col /kɒl; French: kɔl/ n
  1. the lowest point of a ridge connecting two mountain peaks, often constituting a pass
  2. a pressure region between two anticyclones and two depressions, associated with variable weather
Etymology: 19th Century: from French: neck, col, from Latin collum neck
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
col-1 ,prefix. 
  1. col- is another form of com- that is used before roots beginning with l: collateral.

Col.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. MilitaryColonel.
  2. Place NamesColorado.

col.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. college.
  2. colonial.
  3. colony.
  4. color.
  5. colored.
  6. column.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
colo-, 
  1. a combining form representing colon 2 in compound words:colostomy.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] col-. 
Colo., 
  1. Place NamesColorado.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Col. abbreviation for
  1. Colombia(n)
  2. Colonel
  3. Colossians
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
col- prefix
  1. a variant of com-: collateral
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