noun
1. a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
• Syn: ↑Potomac River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms:
↑West Virginia, ↑Mountain State, ↑WV, ↑Maryland, ↑Old Line State, ↑Free State, ↑MD, ↑Virginia, ↑Old Dominion, ↑Old Dominion State, ↑VA
2. term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Washington, ↑Washington D.C., ↑American capital, ↑capital of the United States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.