col
1 of 7noun
ˈkäl 
: saddle sense 3
col
2 of 7abbreviation (1)
1
colonial
2
colony
3
color; colored
4
column
5
counsel
col
3 of 7abbreviation (2)
variants or coll
1
collateral
2
collect; collected; collection
3
college; collegiate
Col
4 of 7abbreviation (3)
1
colonel
2
Colorado
3
Colossians
COL
5 of 7abbreviation (4)
1
colonel
2
cost of living
col-
6 of 7prefix
see com-
col-
7 of 7combining form
variants or coli- or colo-
1
: colon
colitis
colostomy
2
[New Latin Escherichia coli, species of colon bacillus] : E. coli
coliform
coliphage
Synonyms
Noun
- canyon
- cañon
- couloir
- defile
- flume
- gap
- gill [British]
- gorge
- gulch
- gulf
- kloof [South African]
- linn [chiefly Scottish]
- notch
- pass
- ravine
- saddle
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun a remote col in the Alps
Word History
Etymology
Noun
French, from Middle French, neck, from Latin collum
Combining form
New Latin, from Latin colon
First Known Use
Noun
1853, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
col. 1 of 3
abbreviation
column
Col.
2 of 3abbreviation
1
colonel
2
Colorado
col-
3 of 3see com-
Medical Definition
col
abbreviation
1
colony
2
color
col
noun
as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage a remote col in the Alps Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- canyon
- ravine
- gorge
- valley
- saddle
- couloir
- pass
- gulch
- cañon
- gap
- linn
- gill
- defile
- glen
- flume
- abyss
- gulf
- kloof
- dale
- trench
- crevasse
- combe
- notch
- vale
- cirque
- dell
- chasm
- fissure
- crevice
- cleft
- coombe
- coomb
- cwm
- basin
- hollow
- gully
- gutter
- coulee
- wadi
- arroyo
- barranca
- kettle
- gulley
- barranco
- trough
- wash
- draw
- floodplain
- nullah
- shut-in
