CAPE COD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape Cod mean? 

• CAPE COD (noun)
  The noun CAPE COD has 1 sense:

1. a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area

  Familiarity information: CAPE COD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPE COD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Holonyms ("Cape Cod" is a part of...):

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

 Context examples 

A record of sediment deposits from Cape Cod, Mass., shows evidence that 23 severe hurricanes hit New England between the years 250 and 1150, the equivalent of a severe storm about once every 40 years on average.

(Monster hurricanes struck U.S. Northeast during prehistoric periods of ocean warming, NSF)