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    CUMBERLAND PLATEAU

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The southwestern part of the Appalachiansplay

    Synonyms:

    Cumberland Mountains; Cumberland Plateau

    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 "Cumberland Plateau"):

    Cumberland Gap (a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west)

    Holonyms ("Cumberland Plateau" is a part of...):

    Appalachian Mountains; Appalachians (a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States)

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