colony
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Is colony a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.Examples: "ant colony; coral colony"; "a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids"
2. (India) An apartment complex or neighborhood.Examples: "Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large."India
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To colonize.Examples: "Such black Attendants Colonied thy Cell, / But for thy Preſence, Car’sbrook had been Hell."; "The noble Island (which was colonied [translating habitavam] / Sometime by Tyrians) was not wanting here, / Who, on their Banners in thoſe days of yore / The famous Pillars of Alcides bore."; "The emperor meant rather to ſignify, by the altar and ſacrifice, that the old religion was aboliſhed in this province, which he had colonied with new inhabitants."obsoleteraretransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary