I. ˈkäl noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French, neck, from Latin collum — more at collar
1.
a. : a high pass in a mountain range generally across a watershed
b. : a saddlelike depression in the crest of a ridge
2. : a neck of low pressure between two anticyclones
I. abbreviation
1. often capitalized colonel
2. colonial; colony
3. colophon
4. color; colored
5. column
6. counsel
II. abbreviation
or coll
1. collated
2. collateral
3. colleague
4. collect; collected; collective; collector
5. college; collegiate
6. colloquial; colloquialism