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cascades

noun

Form of cascade , plural of cascade.

Simple meaning

A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania.

Pronunciation

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kaskaydz

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kæsˈkeɪdz

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Definition

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noun

  1. A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

  2. A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C1 · Advanced (estimated)
Frequency
Uncommon
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

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Mountain

north cascadeswestern cascades

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signaling cascadesbeautiful cascadeswater cascadeshigh cascadessmall cascadeskinase cascades

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Inflected forms

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  • cascadeverbBase word

    Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • cascades frognounCompound term

    Mountain frog found near water.

  • north cascades national parknounCompound term

    A national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites.

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