Cape Cod
English edit
Etymology edit
Named, by English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602, for the stocks of codfish in that part of the ocean.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- A geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.
- Synonym: the Cape (informal)
Derived terms edit
- Cape Cod and the Islands
- Cape Cod Bay
- Cape Cod berm
- Cape Cod Canal
- Cape Codder
- Cape Coddy
- Cape Cod turkey
- Cape Cod weeder
See also edit
Noun edit
- 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.