delaware

UK /ˈdɛləweə(ɹ)/ US /ˈdɛləwɛɹ/

name 5noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

high

The high Delaware River flooded several towns along the Pennsylvania border last spring.

VERB + DELAWARE

crossed, game, partly-frozen

The soldiers crossed the Delaware River in small boats during the winter attack.

DELAWARE + NOUN

basketball, river, school

The Delaware River forms a natural border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

PREP.

My grandparents have lived in Delaware for over thirty years.

Definitions

name

A river flowing from the Catskills through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in the northeastern United States and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay.

The Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.

Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.

The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.

A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.

noun

A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.

An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a Mid-Atlantic state

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

They crossed the partly-frozen Delaware River.

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The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

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I'm in Delaware.

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