great divide

1. 1.

   that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States

   Broaderwatershed

   Part ofcontinental divide

Questions about great divide

What does great divide mean?

great divide means "that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States".

Is great divide a common word?

great divide 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.