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Noun (2 meanings)

1. a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay.

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channel (noun) - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels

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Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA (noun) - a state in the eastern United States

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Hampton Roads (noun) - a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862)

2. a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac.

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naval battle (noun) - a pitched battle between naval fleets

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American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States (noun) - civil war in the United States between the North and the South

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Hampton Roads (noun) - a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay