noun
1. a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑Centennial State, ↑CO
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
• Part Meronyms:
↑Mesa Verde National Park, ↑Rocky Mountain National Park, ↑Boulder, ↑Colorado Springs, ↑Denver, ↑Mile-High City, ↑capital of Colorado, ↑Pueblo, ↑Arkansas, ↑Arkansas River, ↑Colorado River, ↑Colorado Plateau, ↑North Platte, ↑North Platte River, ↑Pike's Peak, ↑Republican, ↑Republican River, ↑San Juan Mountains, ↑Sherman, ↑Mount Sherman, ↑South Platte, ↑South Platte River
2. a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
• Syn: ↑Colorado River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms: ↑Texas, ↑Lone-Star State, ↑TX
3. 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
• Syn: ↑Colorado River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms:
↑Centennial State, ↑CO, ↑Utah, ↑Beehive State, ↑Mormon State, ↑UT, ↑Arizona, ↑Grand Canyon State, ↑AZ, ↑Nevada, ↑Silver State, ↑Battle Born State, ↑Sagebrush State, ↑NV, ↑Mexico, ↑United Mexican States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.