colons

noun

SayKOH-luhnzUS/ˈkoʊ.lənz/UK/ˈkəʊ.lənz/

1 meaning of colons

1
noun
Plural of colon. Use this form when you mean more than one.
She used two colons in her list by mistake.
The doctors studied healthy colons to learn more about digestion.
Note

colons is a form of colon

colon, noun: A punctuation mark of two dots placed one above the other (:), used before a list or an explanation. Full entry

Forms: coloncolons pluralcola plural
Spelling: colon → colons: add -s
Sound: The ending sounds like /z/.

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