NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does New York State Barge Canal mean? 

• NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL (noun)
  The noun NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL has 1 sense:

1. a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain

  Familiarity information: NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

Meronyms (parts of "New York State Barge Canal"):

Erie Canal (an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal)