| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | k l |
| NOUN: | A pass between two mountain peaks or a gap in a ridge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, neck, from Latin collum. See kwel-1 in Appendix I.
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