HUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Humber mean? 

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

1. an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

estuary (the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix)

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

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

“North of Humber there is no man who would not know the handiwork of Devil Douglas, the black Lord James.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)