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BERKSHIRES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Berkshires mean?
• BERKSHIRES (noun)
The noun BERKSHIRES has 1 sense:
1. a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area
Familiarity information: BERKSHIRES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Berkshire Hills; Berkshires
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Holonyms ("Berkshires" is a part of...):
Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)
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