canyon

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkænjən/
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/ˈkænjən/ · /ˈkæɲən/

Definition of canyon

11 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
    “After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.”
    “Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.”
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noun

  1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
    “After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.”
    “Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.”

verb

  1. (intransitive)Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon.

name

  1. An unincorporated community in Algoma district, in north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kenora district, in north-western Ontario, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County and Alameda County, California, United States.
  4. A ghost town and former gold mining town in El Dorado County, California, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Randall County, Texas, United States.
  7. A ghost town in Whitman County, Washington, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
  9. A surname.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.

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