Thesaurus: colon

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1. n. That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
2. n. A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
3. n. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
4. n. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
5. n. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
6. n. a word/punctuation">punctuation word/mark">mark (‘:’) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
7. 1. (Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum. Note: [See Illust of Digestion.] 2. (Gram.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
8. That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcumto the rectum.
9. n:100 n. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted n. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos n. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos n. a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal