colons
Meaning of colons
plural noun
a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.
mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting a section of a complex sentence, or a pause before it): via Latin from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’.
plural noun
the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the caecum to the rectum and absorbs water and electrolytes from food which has remained undigested.
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon .
Information about colons
- It is a name.
- The singular form of colons is: colon.
- Languages in which colons is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of colons
colons
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- colons is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of colons
Words that rhyme with colons
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