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Colon has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

"After passing through the small intestine, the undigested food residue enters the colon to have its remaining water extracted before moving toward elimination."

2

the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

"The mayor announced that all transactions in San Miguel would now be conducted exclusively in colons."

3

the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

"The traveler carefully counted her colones before exchanging them at the local market."

4

a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

"Colon is the historic port city located at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal."

5

a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

"The teacher wrote that the capital's main exports are wheat, corn, and soybeans on the board."

6

The punctuation mark ":".

"In the old agricultural texts, the colon was a skilled husbandman who knew how to turn wasteland into fertile fields."

7

Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum.

8

A husbandman.

In plain English: A colon is a punctuation mark that comes after two letters to show they are part of an abbreviation, and it also joins independent clauses when introducing a list or explanation.

"The writer used a colon to introduce the list following her statement."

Usage: Use colon when introducing a list or explaining what follows immediately in writing. Do not use it with phrases like "such as" or "including," which require commas instead.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The famous astronomer John Colon published his latest paper on stellar evolution yesterday."

Example Sentences
"The writer used a colon to introduce the list following her statement." noun
"The colon in my name separates my first and last names on the official form." noun
"A medical colon is a long tube that carries waste from your small intestine to your anus." noun
"She placed a typewriter colon between the two clauses to introduce the explanation." noun
Related Terms
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
large intestine El Salvadoran monetary unit Costa Rican monetary unit punctuation
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
megacolon transverse colon ascending colon descending colon sigmoid colon

Origin

The word colon comes from the Latin cōlon, which originally meant "a member of a verse in a poem." This Latin term was borrowed from the Ancient Greek kôlon, signifying a limb, clause, or part of a sentence.

Rhyming Words
lon alon elon clon bolon nylon adlon salon pylon azlon malon cylon rulon felon arlon talon delon solon orlon balon
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