colony


Meanings

  • 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;
    • "the American colony in Paris"
  • a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
  • one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
  • a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated;
    • "a nudist colony"
    • "an artists' colony"
  • a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
  • (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
  • COLONY n pl. -NIES a group of emigrants living in a new land


Scrabble Score: 11

colony is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

colony is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

colony is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 13

colony is a valid Words With Friends word