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RUSHMORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rushmore mean?
• RUSHMORE (noun)
The noun RUSHMORE has 1 sense:
1. a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it
Familiarity information: RUSHMORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Mount Rushmore; Mt. Rushmore; Rushmore
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Rushmore" is a part of...):
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Black Hills (mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore)
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