colp
colp is the alternative form of collop.
colp is the clipping of colposcopy.
Meaning of collop
Noun
collop (plural collops)
- A slice of meat.
- "It was till lately believed by the ploughmen of Clydesdale, that if they repeated the rhyme
Fairy, fairy, bake me a bannock and roast me a collop,
And I'll gie ye a spurtle off my gadend!
three several times on turning their cattle at the terminations of ridges, they would find the said fare...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 353
- "It was till lately believed by the ploughmen of Clydesdale, that if they repeated the rhyme
- A slice of bacon, a rasher.
- A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
- A small piece, portion, or slice of something.
Meaning of colposcopy
Noun
colposcopy (plural colposcopies)
- The examination of the tissues of the vagina and cervix using a colposcope.
Forms of colp
| plural | colps |
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Questions about colp
- What is colp the alternative form of?
- Colp is the alternative form of collop.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: colp (page history and authors); collop (page history and authors); colposcopy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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