colorado
English Thesaurus
1. a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | american state, |
| definition | : | one of the 50 states of the United States (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mesa verde national park, |
| definition | : | a national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscape (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | rocky mountain national park, |
| definition | : | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | boulder, |
| definition | : | a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | colorado springs, |
| definition | : | a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | pueblo, |
| definition | : | a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | arkansas, arkansas river, |
| definition | : | a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | colorado, colorado river, |
| definition | : | an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | colorado plateau, |
| definition | : | a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | north platte, north platte river, |
| definition | : | a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | pike's peak, |
| definition | : | a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high) (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | republican, republican river, |
| definition | : | a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | san juan mountains, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | mount sherman, sherman, |
| definition | : | a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high) (noun.object) |
2. an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | river, |
| definition | : | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | mexico, united mexican states, |
| definition | : | a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810 (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | arizona, az, grand canyon state, |
| definition | : | a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | centennial state, co, colorado, |
| definition | : | a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | beehive state, mormon state, ut, utah, |
| definition | : | a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young (noun.location) |
3. a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | river, |
| definition | : | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | lone-star state, texas, tx, |
| definition | : | the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico (noun.location) |
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