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upcanyon

upcanyon adjective: closer to the top of a canyon.

Adjective

upcanyon (comparative more upcanyon, superlative most upcanyon)

  1. Closer to the top of a canyon
    • My house is upcanyon from hers.

Adverb

upcanyon (comparative more upcanyon, superlative most upcanyon)

  1. Travelling against the direction of the canyon slope.
    • We laboriously climbed upcanyon.

Forms of upcanyon

Adjective
comparativemore upcanyon
superlativemost upcanyon
Adverb
comparativemore upcanyon
superlativemost upcanyon

Origin of upcanyon

From up- + canyon.

Questions about upcanyon

What does upcanyon mean?
Upcanyon means closer to the top of a canyon.
What part of speech is upcanyon?
Upcanyon can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near upcanyon in the dictionary

  1. upcall
  2. upcalled
  3. upcalling
  4. upcalls
  5. upcame
  6. upcanyon
  7. upcard
  8. upcards
  9. upcarried
  10. upcasing
  11. upcast

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