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2 N‑COUNT Your colon is the part of your intestine above your rectum. □  …cancer of the colon.

colo|nel ◆◇◇ /kɜː ^r n ^ə l/ (colonels ) N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE A colonel is a senior officer in an army, air force, or the marines. □  This particular place was run by an ex-Army colonel. □  …Colonel Edward Staley.

co|lo|nial /kəloʊ niəl/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism. □  …the 31st anniversary of Jamaica's independence from British colonial rule. □  …the colonial civil service.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A Colonial building or piece of furniture was built or made in a style that was popular in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [mainly AM ] □  …the white colonial houses on the north side of the campus.

co|lo|ni|al|ism /kəloʊ niəl I zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth. □  …the bitter oppression of slavery and colonialism. □  It is interesting to reflect why European colonialism ended.

co|lo|ni|al|ist /kəloʊ niəl I st/ (colonialists )

1 ADJ Colonialist means relating to colonialism. □  …the European colonialist powers.

2 N‑COUNT A colonialist is a person who believes in colonialism or helps their country to get colonies. □  …rulers who were imposed on the people by the colonialists.

co|lon|ic ir|ri|ga|tion /koʊ lɒn I k I r I ge I ʃ ^ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT Colonic irrigation is a medical procedure in which a person's colon is washed by injecting water or other fluids into it.

colo|nist /kɒ lən I st/ (colonists ) N‑COUNT Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony. □  …the early American colonists.

colo|nize /kɒ ləna I z/ (colonizes , colonizing , colonized ) in BRIT, also use colonise 1 VERB If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. □ [V n] The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century. □ [V -ed] For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people.

2 VERB When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home. □ [V n] Toads are colonising the whole place.

3 VERB [usu passive] When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts. □ [be V -ed + by ] The area was then colonized by scrub.

col|on|nade /kɒ ləne I d/ (colonnades ) N‑COUNT A colonnade is a row of evenly-spaced columns. □ [+ with ] …a colonnade with stone pillars.

col|on|nad|ed /kɒ ləne I d I d/ ADJ [ADJ n] A colonnaded building has evenly-spaced columns.

colo|ny /kɒ ləni/ (colonies )

1 N‑COUNT A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. □  He was born in Algeria, a former colony of France.

2 N‑COUNT You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony . □  …a penal colony. □  …industrial colonies.

3 N‑COUNT A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together. □ [+ of ] The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds.

col|or /kʌ lə ^r / → see colour

col|ora|tion /kʌ ləre I ʃ ^ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT The coloration of an animal or a plant is the colours and patterns on it. □  …plants with yellow or red coloration.

colo|ra|tu|ra /kɒ lərətʊə rə, [AM ] kʌ l-/ (coloraturas )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Coloratura is very complicated and difficult music for a solo singer, especially in opera. [TECHNICAL ]

2 N‑COUNT [oft N n] A coloratura is a singer, usually a woman, who is skilled at singing coloratura. [TECHNICAL ]