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CAPE FEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape Fear mean?
• CAPE FEAR (noun)
The noun CAPE FEAR has 1 sense:
1. a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean
Familiarity information: CAPE FEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
cape; ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)
Holonyms ("Cape Fear" is a part of...):
N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)
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