(microbiology) laboratory equipment used to count colonies of bacteria, or other microorganisms, growing on agar, usually in a Petri dish.

(dated) A locality in which a group of nudists live temporarily or permanently separated from the rest of the community

Pertaining to a modern "retro" interpretation of the US colonial era.

plural of colony counter

(historical) The Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America.

A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

plural of penal colony

A country, especially a former colony, controlled or dominated by another country, by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.

Of an American architectural style that hearkens back to the architecture prominent in the United States when it was settled by the English, Spanish and Dutch.

A building built in the Colonial Revival Style.