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MOUNT SAINT HELENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mount Saint Helens mean?
• MOUNT SAINT HELENS (noun)
The noun MOUNT SAINT HELENS has 1 sense:
1. an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity
Familiarity information: MOUNT SAINT HELENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Mount Saint Helens; Mount St. Helens; Mt. St. Helens
Instance hypernyms:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Holonyms ("Mount Saint Helens" is a part of...):
Evergreen State; WA; Wash.; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
Cascade Mountains; Cascade Range; Cascades (a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range)
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