ALL meanings of colon
Co·lón
C c - countable noun colon A colon is the punctuation mark : which you can use in several ways. For example, you can put it before a list of things or before reported speech. 3
- countable noun colon Your colon is the part of your intestine above your rectum. 3
- noun colon the punctuation mark :, usually preceding an explanation or an example of what has gone before, a list, or an extended quotation 3
- noun colon this mark used for certain other purposes, such as expressions of time, as in 2:45 p.m., or when a ratio is given in figures, as in 5:3 3
- noun colon (in classical prosody) a part of a rhythmic period with two to six feet and one principal accent or ictus 3
- noun colon the part of the large intestine between the caecum and the rectum 3
- noun colon a colonial farmer or plantation owner, esp in a French colony 3
- noun colon the standard monetary unit of Costa Rica, divided into 100 céntimos 3
- noun colon the former standard monetary unit of El Salvador, divided into 100 centavos; replaced by the US dollar in 2001 3
- noun colon a port in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. Chief Caribbean port. Pop: 157 000 (2005 est) 3
- noun colon seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal: pop. 141,000 3
- noun colon ˌArchiˈpiélago de (ˌɑʀtʃiˈpjeɪlɑgɔðɛ) ; ärˌchēpyāˈläg^ōthe) Galápagos Islands 3
- noun colon a mark of punctuation (:) used before an extended quotation, explanation, example, series, etc. and after the salutation of a formal letter 3
- noun colon in Greek prosody, a section of a prosodic period, consisting of a group of two to six feet forming a rhythmic unit with a principal accent 3
- noun colon that part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum 3
- noun colon a colonist, esp. one who owns a plantation 3
- noun colon the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and, formerly, El Salvador 3
- noun colon punctuation mark : 1
- noun colon anatomy: large intestine 1
- noun colon A punctuation mark (:) indicating. 1
- noun Technical meaning of colon (character) ":" ASCII character 58. Common names: ITU-T: colon. Rare: dots; INTERCAL: two-spot. 1
- noun colon a seaport in Panama at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal. 1
- noun colon (grammar) The punctuation mark ":". 0
- noun colon (rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon). 0
- noun colon (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete. 0
- noun colon (anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus. 0
- noun colon (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A husbandman. 0
- noun colon A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony. 0