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CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The southwestern part of the Appalachians
Synonyms:
Cumberland Mountains; Cumberland Plateau
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 "Cumberland Plateau"):
Cumberland Gap (a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west)
Holonyms ("Cumberland Plateau" is a part of...):
Appalachian Mountains; Appalachians (a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States)
