TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trans-Alaska pipeline mean? 

• TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE (noun)
  The noun TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE has 1 sense:

1. an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez

  Familiarity information: TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Alaskan pipeline; trans-Alaska pipeline

Instance hypernyms:

line; pipeline (a pipe used to transport liquids or gases)

Holonyms ("trans-Alaska pipeline" is a part of...):

AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)