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grand | canyon |

As a proper noun grand

is a commune in france.

As a noun canyon is

canyon.

grand

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(er)
  • Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal.
  • a grand mountain
    a grand army
    a grand mistake
  • Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things).
  • a grand monarch
    a grand view
    a grand conception
  • Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
  • a grand lodge
    a grand vizier
    a grand piano
  • Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent -- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
  • (Ireland, Northern England) fine; lovely
  • Noun

    (grand)
  • One thousand dollars (compare ).
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  • , date = 2003-12-21 , episode = The Hitchhiker , title = (Cold Case) , people = (Danny Pino) , role = Scotty Valens , season = 1 , number = 10 , passage = I could win ten grand over there, I still ain't paying a cabbie 300 bucks to drive me home. }}
  • (British) One thousand pounds sterling.
  • (musical instruments) A grand piano
  • Anagrams

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    canyon

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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  • 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.

    Synonyms

    * dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley * See also

    Derived terms

    * box canyon * concrete canyon * Copper Canyon * Grand Canyon

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