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COL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does col mean?
• COL (noun)
The noun COL has 1 sense:
1. a pass between mountain peaks
Familiarity information: COL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pass between mountain peaks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
col; gap
Hypernyms ("col" is a kind of...):
mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "col"):
water gap (a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows)
wind gap (a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it)
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