colon — meaning in English

English meaning

• colon noun The punctuation mark ":", used to introduce a list, explanation, or quotation.
• Columbus name Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic opened up European contact with the Americas.

Senses

colon is used for these senses in English:

• Columbus A person who makes a great discovery.
• colon (anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

colon — full definition

1. noun The punctuation mark ":", used to introduce a list, explanation, or quotation.
2. noun The main part of the large intestine, which absorbs water and forms waste before it leaves the body.

Columbus — full definition

1. name Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic opened up European contact with the Americas.
2. name The capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio.
3. noun Informally, a person credited with a bold new discovery.

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