col
noun/kɒl/
/kɑːl/
(specialist)- a low point between two higher points in a mountain range, typically providing a pass (= road or way) through the mountainsTopics Geographyc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘neck’, from Latin collum.
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