LAKE MEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lake Mead mean? 

• LAKE MEAD (noun)
  The noun LAKE MEAD has 1 sense:

1. the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area

  Familiarity information: LAKE MEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAKE MEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir (lake used to store water for community use)

Holonyms ("Lake Mead" is a part of...):

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

Battle Born State; Nev.; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)