noun
1. a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union (Freq. 7)
• Syn: ↑Show Me State, ↑MO
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Member Holonyms: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑Confederate States of America, ↑South, ↑Dixie, ↑Dixieland
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Midwest, ↑middle west, ↑midwestern United States
• Part Meronyms:
↑Cape Girardeau, ↑Columbia, ↑Hannibal, ↑Independence, ↑Jefferson City, ↑capital of Missouri, ↑Kansas City, ↑Poplar Bluff, ↑Saint Joseph, ↑St. Joseph, ↑Saint Louis, ↑St. Louis, ↑Gateway to the West, ↑Sedalia, ↑Springfield, ↑Osage, ↑Osage River, ↑Saint Francis, ↑Saint Francis River, ↑St. Francis, ↑St. Francis River, ↑White, ↑White River
2. the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis (Freq. 1)
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The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world
• Syn: ↑Missouri River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms:
3. a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
4. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
• Hypernyms: ↑Chiwere
Useful english dictionary. 2012.