Definitions for yellowstone national park

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Yel′lowstone Na′tional Park′(n.)

  1. a park in NW Wyoming and adjacent parts of Montana and Idaho: geysers, hot springs, falls, canyon. 3458 sq. mi. (8955 sq. km).

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Yellowstone National Park(noun)

    the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Yellowstone National Park

    a high-lying tract of land in the State of Wyoming (q. v.) traversed by the Yellowstone, about the size of Kent, being a square about 75 m. in diameter; is set apart by Congress as a great pleasure ground in perpetuity for the enjoyment of the people; it abounds in springs and geysers, and care is taken that it be preserved for the public benefit, to the exclusion of all private right or liberty.


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