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RUSHMORE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it
Synonyms:
Mount Rushmore; Mt. Rushmore; Rushmore
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Rushmore" is a part of...):
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Black Hills (mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore)