Mount Vernon


noun
  1. the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.

  2. a city in SE New York, near New York City.

  1. a city in S Illinois.

  2. a city in central Ohio.

  3. a town in NW Washington.

Words Nearby Mount Vernon

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Mount Vernon in a sentence

Cultural definitions for Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon

The home of George Washington; a historical landmark in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac River.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.