col

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

col, n. [F., neck, fr. L. collum neck.].

 A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

col, n.
1 a depression in the summit-line of a chain of mountains, generally affording a pass from one slope to another.
2 Meteorol. a low-pressure region between anticyclones.

Etymology

F, = neck, f. L collum

THESAURUS

col

abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chine, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, comb, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, defile, dell, dike, ditch, donga, draw, esker, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hogback, hole, horseback, incision, joint, kame, kloof, leak, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, ridge, rift, rime, rupture, saddle, saddleback, scissure, seam, slit, slot, spine, split, trench, valley, void, wadi