What does east river mean?

east river means "a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn".

Is east river a common word?

east river is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

east river — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
Broaderstrait
Part ofNew York

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What does east river mean?: east river means "a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn".
Is east river a common word?: east river is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for east river come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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