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Definition of Tennessee River
1. Noun. A river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky.
Group relationships: Bluegrass State, Kentucky, Ky, Tennessee, Tn, Volunteer State
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tennessee River
Literary usage of Tennessee River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"At the extreme northeast end of the b£sin, near Tennessee River, ... The product
is carried on the company's railroad from Chamberlain to Tennessee River, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"If you are satisfied the trip to the sea-coast can be made, holding the line of
the Tennessee river firmly, you may make it, destroying all the railroad ..."
3. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1863)
"Movements of the Federals on the Tennessee River. ... Johnston making a southward
movement towards the left bank of the Tennessee river, for the objects of ..."
4. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"He had, in fact, already made Johnsonville, on the Tennessee River, an important
base for his commissariat, and Forrest, fully informed of this, ..."
5. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"He had, in fact, already made Johnsonville, on the Tennessee River, an important
base for his commissariat, and Forrest, fully informed of this, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"(4) Resting against the western edge of the Cumberland tableland and including
the elevations bordering the Tennessee River in its return across the State ..."
7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Burnside should move down his infantry toward Chattanooga, on his left, and that
Gen. Grant should cover the Tennessee river toward ..."
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