nantucket
IPA: næntˈʌkɪt
Root Word: Nantucket
noun
- A resort island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, formerly a major whaling port.
- A census-designated place in the north-middle part of Nantucket in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, comprising about 12% of the land area of the island.
- Ellipsis of Nantucket County., a combined town and county that includes the island of Nantucket, along with Tuckernuck and Muskeget. [one of 14 counties in Massachusetts, USA, located on the island of Nantucket and two other islands. It is coterminous with the town of Nantucket, and is known as the Town and County of Nantucket.]
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Examples of "nantucket" in Sentences
- Cuffe set off for Nantucket alone.
- Nantucket forests have an unusual history.
- The highest wind gust reported was on Nantucket.
- The museum is called the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
- Nantucket is a tourist destination and summer colony.
- The Nantucket's bow was badly damaged in the accident.
- A site in the Nantucket Sound recorded a wind gust to.
- English settlement and the history of whaling in Nantucket.
- Nantucket serviceberry is of conservation concern in the wild.
- The granddaddy of the compilers was Clipper, from Nantucket Software.
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