LAKE POWELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lake Powell mean? 

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

1. the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAKE POWELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River

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 Powell" is a part of...):

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

Beehive State; Mormon State; UT; Ut.; Utah (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young)

 Context examples 

Seismic sources as close as Lake Powell (on the border of Utah and Arizona) and as far away as Oklahoma caused vibrations in the bridge.

(Song of the red rock arches, National Science Foundation)