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

From the time he stood up in Nantucket until the last day of his life he never stopped fighting the poison of American slavery.

From Time

The Nantucket team did not investigate how ATX entered the air.

From Science News For Students

She’s a cyanobacteria expert who did not take part in the Nantucket study.

From Science News For Students

His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass.

From The Daily Beast

But colorful versions of Nantucket Reds are, politically, a risky choice.

From The Daily Beast

The Nantucket emergency preparedness council is meeting after hours.

From The Daily Beast

In a devastating ad, footage of Kerry riding the breeze of Nantucket was juxtaposed with hits on his alleged “flip-flopping.”

From The Daily Beast

Mark Madoff lived a high-end lifestyle with homes in Manhattan, Nantucket, and Greenwich, Connecticut.

From The Daily Beast

The Nantucket was a small side-wheel steamer of light draft, and we were able to run in and out over the bar at will.

From Project Gutenberg

Is Nantucket a corruption of that word, or was that word the result of a struggle to master the Indian name?

From Project Gutenberg

As he writes from Nantucket, Massachusetts, we shall expect some fine marine pictures from him for the coming contest.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, there's old Nantucket, for instance, once the most noted whaling center of America.

From Project Gutenberg

And go home and turn in they did, but not without protestation from the pair who had yet to meet the woman from Nantucket.

From Project Gutenberg