CUMBERLAND RIVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cumberland River mean? 

• CUMBERLAND RIVER (noun)
  The noun CUMBERLAND RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky

  Familiarity information: CUMBERLAND RIVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUMBERLAND RIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Cumberland; Cumberland River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

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

Bluegrass State; Ken.; Kentucky; KY (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses)

Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)