HyperDic: cumberland_plateau

English > 1 sense of the expression Cumberland Plateau:
NOUNobjectCumberland Plateau, Cumberland Mountainsthe southwestern part of the Appalachians
English > Cumberland Plateau: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningThe southwestern part of the Appalachians.
SynonymCumberland Mountains
Instance ofrange, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountainsA series of hills or mountains
Part ofAppalachians, Appalachian MountainsA mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico
PartsCumberland GapA pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west

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