Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun colon

5 senses of colon

Sense 1
colon -- (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)
       => large intestine -- (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

Sense 2
colon, El Salvadoran colon -- (the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos)
       => El Salvadoran monetary unit -- (monetary unit in El Salvador)

Sense 3
colon, Costa Rican colon -- (the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos)
       => Costa Rican monetary unit -- (monetary unit in Costa Rica)

Sense 4
Colon, Aspinwall -- (a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")
       INSTANCE OF=> port -- (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Sense 5
colon -- (a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter))
       => punctuation, punctuation mark -- (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)