LAKE ERIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lake Erie mean? 

• LAKE ERIE (noun)
  The noun LAKE ERIE has 1 sense:

1. the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal

  Familiarity information: LAKE ERIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAKE ERIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Erie; Lake Erie

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Lake Erie" is a part of...):

Great Lakes (a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America)

 Context examples 

Vitamin D can't be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels, meaning Vitamin D remains stored and inactiv, according a new study at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

(Low Magnesium Levels Make Vitamin D Ineffective, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Lake Erie experiences harmful algal blooms every year.

(Research reveals harmful algal blooms' daily cycles, National Science Foundation)

Antarctica's bedrock is laced with rivers and lakes, the largest of which is the size of Lake Erie.

(Hot News from the Antarctic Underground, NASA)

Using DNA samples collected over 48 hours following a 2014 toxic bloom in Lake Erie that left Toledo-area residents drinking bottled water, the scientists looked at what genes were active at different times of the day or night.

(Research reveals harmful algal blooms' daily cycles, National Science Foundation)