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col
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun col has 1 sense
- col(n = noun.object) gap - a pass between mountain peaks; Array is a kind of mountain pass, notch, pass
has particulars: water gap, wind gap
CIDE DICTIONARY
col, n. [F., neck, fr. L. collum neck.].
A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
col, n.
1 a depression in the summit-line of a chain of mountains, generally affording a pass from one slope to another.
2 Meteorol. a low-pressure region between anticyclones.
1 a depression in the summit-line of a chain of mountains, generally affording a pass from one slope to another.
2 Meteorol. a low-pressure region between anticyclones.
Etymology
F, = neck, f. L collum
THESAURUS
col
abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chine, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, comb, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, defile, dell, dike, ditch, donga, draw, esker, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hogback, hole, horseback, incision, joint, kame, kloof, leak, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, ridge, rift, rime, rupture, saddle, saddleback, scissure, seam, slit, slot, spine, split, trench, valley, void, wadi
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