HOUSATONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Housatonic mean? 

• HOUSATONIC (noun)
  The noun HOUSATONIC has 1 sense:

1. a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound

  Familiarity information: HOUSATONIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUSATONIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Housatonic; Housatonic River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Housatonic" is a part of...):

Connecticut; Constitution State; CT; Ct.; Nutmeg State (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)