Nantucket

[ nan-tuhk-it ]

noun

1. an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. 15 miles (24 km) long.

Nantucket

/ nænˈtʌkɪt /

noun

1. an island off SE Massachusetts: formerly a centre of the whaling industry; now a resort. Length: nearly 24 km (15 miles). Width: 5 km (3 miles). Pop (county and town): 10 724 (2003 est)

Nantucket

1. Resort island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts .

Notes

Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

The president and his family spent Thanksgiving together three years in a row at the Nantucket compound of private equity billionaire David Rubenstein, and rang in the New Year in 2023 at the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

His wife, Jill, his son Hunter and the rest of his family ratified the decision over Thanksgiving on Nantucket.

From Los Angeles Times

In the summer of 1974, I was working as a waiter at the White Elephant, the grande dame of Nantucket hotels, a rambling gray-shingled pile that sits right on the island’s harbor.

From New York Times

Black and white slides of a droopy Nantucket Sea Monster and racist brand mascots followed.

From Los Angeles Times

The waters off Cape Cod and Nantucket promote a high abundance of jellyfish in the late summer and early fall, which the leatherbacks appear to be taking advantage of.

From Science Daily