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Cape Cod en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkeɪp ˈkɒd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Named, by English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602, for the stocks of codfish in that part of the ocean.

Meanings

  1. A traditional low, broad frame house originating in 17th-century New England, having a moderately steep, pitched roof with end gables, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation.

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Cape Cod en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkeɪp ˈkɒd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Named, by English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602, for the stocks of codfish in that part of the ocean.

Meanings

  1. A geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.
    • Under an unsettling new pattern of Cape Cod life, suddenly empty waves meant the presence of a shark. 2021 October 20, C. J. Chivers, “Fear on Cape Cod as Sharks Hunt Again”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2022:
    • (informal)

Deriveds

Cape Codder · Cape Coddy · Cape Cod chair · Cape Cod berm · Cape Cod and the Islands · Cape Cod Reuben · Cape Cod turkey · Cape Cod weeder · Cape Cod Bay · Cape Cod Canal

Relateds

Barnstable County

Synonyms

Cape