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COAST MOUNTAINS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
Synonyms:
Coast Mountains; Coast Range
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Meronyms (parts of "Coast Mountains"):
Cascade Mountains; Cascade Range; Cascades (a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range)
Hubbard; Mount Hubbard (a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high))
Holonyms ("Coast Mountains" is a part of...):
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)