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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
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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.
Forms
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
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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