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BIG BEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Big Bend mean? 

BIG BEND (noun)
  The noun BIG BEND has 1 sense:

1. a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grandeplay

  Familiarity information: BIG BEND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BIG BEND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Big Bend" is a part of...):

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)


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