north platte

Questions about north platte

What does north platte mean?

north platte means "a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for north platte?

Close synonyms include North Platte River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is north platte a common word?

north platte is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.