QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Queen Charlotte Sound mean? 

• QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND (noun)
  The noun QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND has 1 sense:

1. an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia

  Familiarity information: QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sound (a large ocean inlet or deep bay)

Holonyms ("Queen Charlotte Sound" is a part of...):

British Columbia (a province in western Canada)

 Context examples 

Dave he was called, and he ate and slept, or yawned between times, and took interest in nothing, not even when the Narwhal crossed Queen Charlotte Sound and rolled and pitched and bucked like a thing possessed.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)