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GLEN CANYON DAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Glen Canyon Dam mean?
• GLEN CANYON DAM (noun)
The noun GLEN CANYON DAM has 1 sense:
1. a large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona
Familiarity information: GLEN CANYON DAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
dam; dike; dyke (a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea)
Holonyms ("Glen Canyon Dam" is a part of...):
Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)
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