Colon - Definition
colon
n 1: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the
rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they
are excreted
2: the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
[syn: colon, El Salvadoran colon]
3: the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
[syn: colon, Costa Rican colon]
4: a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
[syn: Colon, Aspinwall]
5: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series
or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a
business letter)