Definition of col
(Entry 1 of 7)
col
abbreviation (1)Definition of col (Entry 2 of 7)
1
colonial
2
colony
3
color; colored
4
column
5
counsel
col
abbreviation (2)
variants:
or coll
Definition of col (Entry 3 of 7)
1
collateral
2
collect; collected; collection
3
college; collegiate
Col
abbreviation (3)Definition of Col (Entry 4 of 7)
1
colonel
2
Colorado
3
Colossians
COL
abbreviation (4)Definition of COL (Entry 5 of 7)
1
colonel
2
cost of living
col-
prefixDefinition of col- (Entry 6 of 7)
— see com-
col-
combining form
variants:
or coli-
or colo-
Definition of col- (Entry 7 of 7)
1
: colon
colitis colostomy
2
[New Latin Escherichia coli, species of colon bacillus]
: E. coli
coliform coliphage
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The first known use of col was in 1853
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