Noun: colon (colons,cola) kow-lun [N. Amer], 'kow,lón [Brit]
- The part of the large intestine between the caecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
"A colonoscopy examines the entire colon for signs of disease"
- A punctuation mark (':') used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
"He began his list with a colon: apples, oranges, and bananas"
- The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
"The restaurant bill came to 5000 colones";
- Costa Rican colón
- The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
- El Salvadoran colón
Derived forms: colones, colons
Type of: city, Costa Rican monetary unit, El Salvadoran monetary unit, large intestine, metropolis, port, punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit], urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: Panama, Republic of Panama
Encyclopedia: Colon, Putumayo
Colón, La Libertad