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.

Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

On Nantucket, where the median home price hovers around $2.3 million, even teachers, nurses and Coast Guard members struggle to afford groceries.

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But Biden and his aides said he reconsidered over the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, which he spent with Hunter and his grandchildren.

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Speaking to reporters in Nantucket, Mass. on Thanksgiving, Biden said the move would work against any attempts to rein in inflation.

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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.

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

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