Cats·kill Mountains
(kăt′skĭl′) A dissected upland region of the Allegheny Plateau in southeast New York west of the Hudson River. The Catskills, rising to about 1,275 m (4,180 ft), include popular resort areas.
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Catskill Mountains
(ˈkætskɪl)pl n
(Placename) a mountain range in SE New York State: resort. Highest peak: Slide Mountain, 1261 m (4204 ft). Also called: Catskills
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Cats′kill Moun′tains
(ˈkæt skɪl)n.pl.
mountain range in E New York: resort area. Highest peak, 4204 ft. (1281 m). Also called Cats′kills.
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| Noun | 1. |  Catskill Mountains - a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areasborscht belt, borscht circuit, borsht belt, borsht circuit - (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests; "many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit" Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States |
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