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NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)
Meronyms (parts of "New York State Barge Canal"):
Erie Canal (an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal)