1. A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country.
2. A territory thus settled.
3. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.
4. A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular area: the american colony in paris.
5. the area occupied by such a group.
6. the british colonies that became the original 13 states of the united states.
7. A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area: an island penal colony.
8. ecology A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together.
9. microbiology A visible growth of microorganisms, usually in a solid or semisolid nutrient medium.

1. A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their original place
2. region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
3. A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area
4. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
5. A collective noun for rabbits.

1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state.
2. the district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. a territory subject to the ruling governmental authority of another country and not a part of the ruling country.
4. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land.
5. A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
6. A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algæ. they may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.
7. A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc.
8. A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.
9. a group of microorganisms originating as the descendents of one individual cell, growing on a gelled growth medium, as of gelatin or agar; especially, such a group that has grown to a sufficient number to be visible to the naked eye.

1. to colonize.
2. A company or body of people who migrate from their native country or home to a new province, country, or district, to cultivate and inhabit it, but remain subject to or intimately connected with the parent state; also, the descendants of such settlers so long as the connection with the mother country is retained.
3. the country or district planted or colonized.
4. A number of persons of a particular nation, taken collectively, residing temporarily or indefinitely in a foreign city or country: as, the american colony in paris.
5. A number of animals or plants living or growing colonially.
6. A circumscribed aggregation of bacteria of the same species in artificial culture.
7. in sociology, a group of individuals of like natures or having a common interest, living by themselves as a self-sufficient social organization.

1. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
2. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
3. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
4. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
5. one of the 13 british colonies that formed the original states of the united states
6. 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