Cape Cod

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkeɪp ˈkɒd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Cape Cod

1. A geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.

   Synonym: the Cape (informal)

   • 2021 October 20, C. J. Chivers, “Fear on Cape Cod as Sharks Hunt Again”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 February 2022:

     Under an unsettling new pattern of Cape Cod life, suddenly empty waves meant the presence of a shark.

Derived terms

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

See also

• Barnstable County

Noun

Cape Cod (plural Cape Cods)

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.

Anagrams

• capcode