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CASCADE RANGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
Synonyms:
Cascade Mountains; Cascade Range; Cascades
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Meronyms (parts of "Cascade Range"):
Mount Saint Helens; Mount St. Helens; Mt. St. Helens (an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity)
Adams; Mount Adams (a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high))
Mount Rainier; Mount Tacoma; Mt. Rainier; Rainier (a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high))
Holonyms ("Cascade Range" is a part of...):
Northwest; northwestern United States (the northwestern region of the United States)
Coast Mountains; Coast Range (a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California)
