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col

[kol; Fr. kawl]

noun, plural cols

[kolz; Fr. kawl] .

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Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.

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Meteorology. the region of relatively low pressure between two anticyclones.

Origin:
1850–55; < French < Latin collum neck

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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cost of living.

variant of com- before l: collateral.

variant of colo- before a vowel: colectomy.

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(in prescriptions) strain. Origin:
< Latin colā

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col (kɒl, French kɔl)

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

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

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Medical Dictionary

col (kŏl)
n.
A craterlike area of the interproximal oral mucosa joining the lingual and buccal interdental papillae.

col- ²
pref.
Variant of colo-.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

Col
colonial

COL

Colorado Rockies
Columba (constellation)
computer-oriented language
cost of living
Council on Ocean Law

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