col

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UK /kɒl/ US /kɑl/

noun 6name 3

Collocations

VERB + COL

located

The new office is located in the business district near the train station.

COL + NOUN

madison

The colonel from Madison was promoted to general last year.

PREP.

between, down, in, up

We hiked up the col to reach the ridge on the other side.

Definitions

noun

A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.

We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it.

I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.

A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.

noun

Clipping of column.

Abbreviation of color.

name

Abbreviation of Colima: a state of Mexico.

Abbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States.

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Synonyms

noun — a pass between mountain peaks

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish

Wiktionary

I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson.

Wiktionary

Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to a col before climbing up the hill.

Wiktionary

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