1. 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; [syn: Tennessee, Tennessee River]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Tennessee River
n 1: 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 [syn:
Tennessee, Tennessee River]