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col

/kɒl/US/kɑl/

col noun: a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks. Also the clipping of column.

col: a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks
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Noun (1)

col (plural cols)

  1. A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
    • We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it.1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136
    • I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man, page 344
    Synonyms:
    nek
  2. A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.
    Synonyms:
    saddle point

Proper noun (1) capitalized: COL

COL

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Colima: a state of Mexico.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States.

Noun (2) capitalized: COL

COL (plural COLs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cost of living.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of centre of lift

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Col

Col

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Colin.

Also used as

col is also the clipping of column.

col is also the abbreviation of color.

Synonyms of col

Forms of col

pluralcols
pluralCOLs

Plural of col: cols

Origin of col

Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.

Abbreviation

Words formed from col

Phrases with col

Words that rhyme with col

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Questions about col

What does col mean?
Col means a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
What part of speech is col?
Col can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce col?
Col is pronounced /kɒl/ (UK).
What is the plural of col?
The plural of col is cols.

Words near col in the dictionary

  1. cokuloris
  2. cokulorises
  3. Cokum
  4. Cokun
  5. coky
  6. col
  7. col legno
  8. Col's
  9. col-
  10. col.
  11. cola

Source and license

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