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CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Catskill Mountains mean?
• CATSKILL MOUNTAINS (noun)
The noun CATSKILL MOUNTAINS has 1 sense:
1. a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
Familiarity information: CATSKILL MOUNTAINS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Catskill Mountains; Catskills
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Meronyms (parts of "Catskill Mountains"):
borscht belt; borscht circuit; borsht belt; borsht circuit ((informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests)
Holonyms ("Catskill Mountains" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
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)
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