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SNAKE RIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Synonyms:
Snake; Snake River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Meronyms (parts of "Snake River"):
Twin; Twin Falls (a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho)
Holonyms ("Snake River" is a part of...):
Gem State; ID; Id.; Idaho (a state in the Rocky Mountains)
Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon; Evergreen State; WA; Wash.; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
Equality State; WY; Wyo.; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)
