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col

  [kol; Fr. kawl]
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–noun, plural cols  [kolz; Fr. kawl] .
1. Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
2. Meteorology. the region of relatively low pressure between two anticyclones.
Origin:
1850–55; < F < L collum neck
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COL

 
cost of living.

col-

1 
var. of com- before l: collateral.

col-

2 
var. of colo- before a vowel: colectomy.

Col.

 
1. Colombia.
2. Colonel.
3. Colorado.
4. Colossians.

col.

 
1. (in prescriptions) strain. Origin:
< L colā
2. collected.
3. collector.
4. college.
5. collegiate.
6. colonial.
7. colony.
8. color.
9. colored.
10. column.

colo-

 
a combining form representing colon2 in compound words: colostomy.
Also, especially before a vowel, col-.

Co⋅los⋅sians

  [kuh-losh-uhnz]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
a book of the New Testament, written by Paul. Abbreviation: Col.

com-

 
a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (commit): used in the formation of compound words before b, p, m: combine; compare; commingle.
Also, co-, col-, con-, cor-.

Origin:
< L, var. of prep. cum with
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col   (kŏl)   
n.  A pass between two mountain peaks or a gap in a ridge.

[French, from Old French, neck, from Latin collum; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Col.  
abbr.  

    1. Colombia

    2. Colombian

  2. also Col or COL colonel

  3. Colorado

  4. Bible Colossians

colo·nel   (kûr'nəl)   
n.  

    1. Abbr. COL or Col or Col. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above lieutenant colonel and below brigadier general.

    2. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in another military organization.

  2. An honorary nonmilitary title awarded by some states of the United States.


[Alteration of obsolete coronel, from French, from Old Italian colonello, from diminutive of colonna, column of soldiers, from Latin columna, column; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
colo'nel·cy, colo'nel·ship' n.
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Word Origin & History

com- 
from L., archaic form of classical L. cum "together, together with, in combination," the prefix sometimes used as an intensive, from PIE *kom- "beside, near, by, with" (cf. O.E. ge-, Ger. ge-).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: col
Function: abbreviation
1 colony
2 color
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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-.

colo- or coli- or col-
pref.
Colon: colostomy.

com- or col- or con-
pref.
Together; with; joint; jointly: commensalism.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Col
colonial
COL

  1. Colorado Rockies

  2. Columba (constellation)

  3. computer-oriented language

  4. cost of living

  5. Council on Ocean Law

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