Fire Island

American  

noun

1. a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Ted invited her to Fire Island under the guise of a work get-together.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Tina Fey spent the summers of 2002 and 2003 hunched over an old desk in the mildewy back room of a Fire Island rental home.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2024

Remember the hoopla around "Alex Strangelove," "Booksmart," "Love, Simon," "Love, Victor," "The Half of It," "Fire Island" and "Bros"? None of these exactly ushered in the Golden Age of queer love stories.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

Her partial remains were first discovered in 1996 on Fire Island.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

The bay and ocean are connected by several inlets, and the one for which Frank and Ned were heading was the one near Fire Island Light.

From Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam by Webster, Frank V.