TWIN FALLS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Twin Falls mean? 

• TWIN FALLS (noun)
  The noun TWIN FALLS has 2 senses:

1. a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho

2. a town on the Snake River in south central Idaho near the Twin Falls

  Familiarity information: TWIN FALLS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWIN FALLS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Twin; Twin Falls

Instance hypernyms:

falls; waterfall (a steep descent of the water of a river)

Holonyms ("Twin Falls" 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)

Snake; Snake River (a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town on the Snake River in south central Idaho near the Twin Falls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Twin Falls" is a part of...):

Gem State; ID; Id.; Idaho (a state in the Rocky Mountains)