col
noun
[ kɒl ]
• the lowest point of a ridge or saddle between two peaks, typically providing a pass from one side of a mountain range to another.
• a region of slightly elevated pressure between two anticyclones.
Origin:
mid 19th century: from French, literally ‘neck’, from Latin collum .
col.
abbreviation
• column.
col-
prefix
• variant spelling of com- assimilated before l (as in collocate, collude ).
Col.
abbreviation
• Colonel.
• the Epistle to the Colossians (in biblical references).
com-
prefix
• with; together; jointly; altogether.
• "combine"
Origin:
from Latin cum ‘with’.
