COLONY

/ˈkɒl.əni/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 13

Definition

  1. noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland. — synonyms: settlement
  2. noun a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.
  3. noun one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States.
  4. noun a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated.
  5. noun a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country. — synonyms: dependency
  6. noun (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.

Examples

  • “Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.”
  • “Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.”
  • “The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.”

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