Hypernym

location 1

noun

a point or extent in space

Instance_Hypernym

Brenner Pass 1

noun

an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions

Cumberland Gap 1

noun

a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west

Donner Pass 1

noun

a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died

Khyber Pass 1

noun

a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India

Part_meronym

range 4

noun

a series of hills or mountains

pass 4

noundomain: natural obj.

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Examples

1.we got through the pass before it started to snow

Synonyms

mountain pass 1
the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
notch 2
the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Hyponym

col 1

noun

a pass between mountain peaks

defile 1

noun

a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

saddleback 1

noun

a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

Instance_Hyponym

Brenner Pass 1

noun

an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions

Cumberland Gap 1

noun

a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west

Donner Pass 1

noun

a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died

Khyber Pass 1

noun

a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India

Part_holonym

range 4

noun

a series of hills or mountains

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