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DETROIT RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Detroit River mean?
• DETROIT RIVER (noun)
The noun DETROIT RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world
Familiarity information: DETROIT RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Detroit River" is a part of...):
Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
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