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col

col
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kol; French kawl]
    • /kɒl; French kɔl/
    • /kɒl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kol; French kawl]
    • /kɒl; French kɔl/

Definitions of col word

  • noun plural col Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge. 1
  • noun plural col Meteorology. the region of relatively low pressure between two anticyclones. 1
  • noun col The lowest point of a ridge or saddle between two peaks, typically affording a pass from one side of a mountain range to another. 1
  • noun col geography: pass in mountain ridge 1
  • noun col low-pressure region between two anticyclones 1
  • noun col A dip between mountain peaks in a summit-line. 0

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Origin of col

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < French < Latin collum neck

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Col

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

col popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

col usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for col

noun col

  • pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
  • gap — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
  • dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
  • passage — a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.

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