Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: potomac
IPA transcription: [pət'oʊmək]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Potomac
    Meaning: term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
  • Synonyms: Potomac, Potomac_River
    Meaning: a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
Usage examples
  • The Army of the Potomac never lacked it.
  • Oh, if only the Army of the Potomac would come!
  • If we swam the Potomac, we usually took off our clothes.
  • Beyond the peninsula he caught glimpses of the broad Potomac.
  • They have every reason to strike before the Army of the Potomac can come.
  • They would leave McClellan and the Army of the Potomac nearer to Richmond, their own capital, than they were.
  • Here was a full half day for the Army of the Potomac, enough in which to destroy a divided portion of the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • They had another great force, the Army of the Potomac, which should have been there, and then they could have bade defiance to Lee and Jackson.
  • With Jackson tied up before Harper's Ferry, Lee's defeat is sure, unless he retreats across the Potomac, and that would be equivalent to a defeat.
  • The Confederates, after the fierce fighting of the day before, had abandoned both gaps, and the way at last lay clear before the Army of the Potomac.