Definition of: college

(kol′ij) noun
1. An incorporated school for instruction in the liberal arts or professional studies; a school of higher learning that grants degrees at the completion of courses of study; one of the educational institutions of a university; especially one that offers a general, four–year course toward the bachelor's degree: distinguished from graduate and professional schools.
2. A building, or collection of buildings, owned and used by a college.
3. A body of associates or colleagues.
4. A course of lectures or studies.
5. Brit. Slang A prison.
6. Any assemblage or gathering: a college of bees. [<OF collège <L collegium body of associates <collega COLLEAGUE¹]