MISSOURI RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Missouri River mean? 

• MISSOURI RIVER (noun)
  The noun MISSOURI RIVER has 1 sense:

1. the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis

  Familiarity information: MISSOURI RIVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISSOURI RIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Missouri; Missouri River

Context example:

The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Missouri River" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)