CASCADE RANGE

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Meaning:

A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range

Synonyms:

Cascade Mountains; Cascade Range; Cascades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

Meronyms (parts of "Cascade Range"):

Mount Saint Helens; Mount St. Helens; Mt. St. Helens (an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity)

Adams; Mount Adams (a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high))

Mount Rainier; Mount Tacoma; Mt. Rainier; Rainier (a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high))

Holonyms ("Cascade Range" is a part of...):

Northwest; northwestern United States (the northwestern region of the United States)

Coast Mountains; Coast Range (a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California)