col

¹col

noun \ˈkäl\

Definition of COL

: saddle 3

Examples of COL

1. <a remote col in the Alps>

Origin of COL

French, from Middle French, neck, from Latin collum

First Known Use: 1853

Related to COL

Synonyms: canyon, couloir, defile, flume, gap, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine, saddle

Related Words: abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure; combe (also coombe or coomb) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley; basin, floodplain, kettle; arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]

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Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with COL

Bâle, dal, doll, kraal, loll, moll, pol, quoll, rale, sol, Sol, toile, Vaal