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DETROIT RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Detroit River mean? 

DETROIT RIVER (noun)
  The noun DETROIT RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the worldplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DETROIT RIVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)


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