colon

IPA: kˈoʊɫʌn

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
(rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
(palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
(obsolete) A husbandman.
A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
A surname.

Examples of "colon" in Sentences

The colons just indent the line.
The character to indent is the colon.
The people colonized the weak people.
The country colonized the small island.
The more colons, the deeper the indent.
The colon is misplaced in the current title.
In the colon they are fermented by anaerobic bacteria.
The process of colonization and expropriation was paradoxical.
The area was colonized by immemorial people of the Mediterranean.
The countless polyps in the colon predispose to the development of colon cancer.