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EAST RIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
Holonyms ("East River" is a part of...):
Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)
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