cole

plural coles

1. uncountableusuallyCabbage.
2. uncountableusuallyBrassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

plural coles

1. ScotlandA stack or stook of hay.

   Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […]

   1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 39

plural coles

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of coal.

plural Coles

1. countableA male given name.

   A few years later when Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn’t like the term “stepmom.” Instead they came up with the name “Momala.”

   2024 July 21, Kamala Harris, “Kamala Harris on Being ‘Momala’”, in ELLE

   1. countableuncountableA diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
   2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
2. A surname.
   1. countableuncountableA surname, variant of Cowell. from Cowell
   2. countableuncountableA surname transferred from the given name.
3. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire).
   2. countableuncountableA river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade.
   3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Pitcombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6633).
   4. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
   5. countableuncountableA township in Benton County, Missouri, United States.
   6. countableuncountableA town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States.
   7. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Cole County.