Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hampton_roads

2 senses of hampton roads

Sense 1
Hampton Roads -- (a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay)
       INSTANCE OF=> channel -- (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; "the ship went aground in the channel")

Sense 2
Hampton Roads -- (a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac)
       INSTANCE OF=> naval battle -- (a pitched battle between naval fleets)