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colonies definition

colonies


 
  Grep  of  noun  colony 
  colony 
  massachusetts  bay  colony 
  old  colony 
  plymouth  colony 
  proprietary  colony 
 
  Overview  of  noun  colony 
 
  The  noun  colony  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  colony,  settlement  --  (a  body  of  people  who  settle  far  from  home  but  maintain  ties  with  their  homeland;  inhabitants  remain  nationals  of  their  home  state  but  are  not  literally  under  the  home  state's  system  of  government) 
  2.  (2)  colony  --  (a  group  of  animals  of  the  same  type  living  together) 
  3.  Colony  --  (one  of  the  13  British  colonies  that  formed  the  original  states  of  the  United  States) 
  4.  colony  --  ((microbiology)  a  group  of  organisms  grown  from  a  single  parent  cell) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  colony 
 
  The  noun  colony  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  colony,  settlement  --  (a  body  of  people  who  settle  far  from  home  but  maintain  ties  with  their  homeland;  inhabitants  remain  nationals  of  their  home  state  but  are  not  literally  under  the  home  state's  system  of  government) 
  2.  (2)  colony  --  (a  group  of  animals  of  the  same  type  living  together) 
  3.  Colony  --  (one  of  the  13  British  colonies  that  formed  the  original  states  of  the  United  States) 
  4.  colony  --  ((microbiology)  a  group  of  organisms  grown  from  a  single  parent  cell) 



colonies definition