colon

Meanings

Noun

• the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
• the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
• the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
• a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
• a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

Synonyms

Aspinwall, Costa Rican colon, El Salvadoran colon