MASSACHUSETTS BAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Massachusetts Bay mean? 

• MASSACHUSETTS BAY (noun)
  The noun MASSACHUSETTS BAY has 1 sense:

1. an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south

  Familiarity information: MASSACHUSETTS BAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASSACHUSETTS BAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

bay; embayment (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)

Meronyms (parts of "Massachusetts Bay"):

Cape Cod Bay (the southern part of Massachusetts Bay)

Holonyms ("Massachusetts Bay" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)