colon

/kˈoʊlən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
2. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
3. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
4. a port city 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)

Synonyms for colon

• El Salvadoran colon
• Costa Rican colon
• Aspinwall

Words that rhyme with colon

• solan
• solon
• swollen
• bohlen
• bolan
• bolen
• bolon
• bowlen
• colan
• colen
• dolan
• dolen
• dollan
• folan
• holan
• holen
• molen
• nolan
• polan
• polen
• rolan
• rolen
• rolon
• stolen
• tolan
• tolen