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English noun: colon | |||
| 1. | colon (body) the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | large intestine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ascending colon, descending colon, megacolon, sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure, transverse colon | ||
| Part holonym | sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus | ||
| 2. | colon (quantity) the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos | ||
| Synonyms | El Salvadoran colon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | El Salvadoran monetary unit | ||
| Part holonym | centavo | ||
| 3. | colon (quantity) the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos | ||
| Synonyms | Costa Rican colon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Costa Rican monetary unit | ||
| Part holonym | centimo | ||
| 4. | Colon (location) a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal | ||
| Synonyms | Aspinwall | ||
| Instance hypernym | city, metropolis, port, urban center | ||
| Part meronym | Panama, Republic of Panama | ||
| 5. | colon (communication) a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | punctuation, punctuation mark | ||
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