Cape Cod
Americannoun
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a sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic Ocean: many resort towns.
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a style of cottage developed mainly on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, typically a rectangular one- or one-and-a-half story wooden cottage covered by a gable roof and having a central chimney.
noun
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a long sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic
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Also called: Cape Cod cottage. a one-storey cottage of timber construction with a simple gable roof and a large central chimney: originated on Cape Cod in the 18th century
Example Sentences
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This nor’easter is sitting over the open water of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Long Island and Cape Cod, and the winds are blowing from the northeast toward the southwest.
The National Weather Service said "moderate to major" coastal flooding affecting waterfront roads and properties was possible from Delaware up to Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
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Moderate to major coastal flooding could drench roads and waterfront property from Delaware to Cape Cod.
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Ben has previously written for the Financial Times and various local newspapers, including on Cape Cod and in Pelham, N.Y.
Prior to that, he was a fellow at the Provincetown Independent in Cape Cod, Mass.
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