LAKE TAHOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lake Tahoe mean? 

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

1. a lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City; a popular resort area

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAKE TAHOE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City; a popular resort area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

Battle Born State; Nev.; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)

 Context examples 

Ruth and her whole family were spending the long summer in the Sierras, at Lake Tahoe.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Still others - California's Lake Tahoe, for example - support thriving tourism industries.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)

In Lake Tahoe, impaired water clarity has precipitated declines in populations of deep-water invertebrates and other species.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)