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

Yang also had a role in the film, and has starred in previous films including The Wedding Banquet, Fire Island, Bros and the first Wicked film.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

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

An hour later the Henrietta passed the light-ship at the mouth of the Hudson, rounded Sandy Hook, and skirting Fire Island and Long Island, steamed rapidly eastward.

From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules