Tra từ colon - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum;
it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms:
colonic
• Hypernyms:
large intestine
• Hyponyms:
megacolon, transverse colon, ascending colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure
• Part Meronyms:
sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus
2. the basic unit of money in El Salvador;
equal to 100 centavos
• Syn:
El Salvadoran colon
• Hypernyms:
El Salvadoran monetary unit
• Part Meronyms:
centavo
3. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica;
equal to 100 centimos
• Syn:
Costa Rican colon
• Hypernyms:
Costa Rican monetary unit
• Part Meronyms:
centimo
4. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
• Hypernyms:
punctuation, punctuation mark