9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English colon English semicolon From semi- + colon.
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