Nantucket

American  

[nan-tuhk-it] / nænˈtʌk ɪt /

noun

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

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Nantucket British  

/ 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)

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Nantucket Cultural  

1. Resort island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

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Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

Her reporting has explored the weddings of the .01%, the shopping habits of tweens and social conflict in Nantucket, Mass. She is a contributor to WSJ.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wind topping 80 miles an hour was recorded off Nantucket, Mass., Monday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal

He spends every summer at his cottage in Nantucket, and this year Andre landed the sweet gig of supervising his spoiled cat for fifty dollars a day the whole time he’s away.

From Literature

If things start to go well, it’s fun, there’s nothing better—Mike Vrabel could run for governor of Massachusetts and Nantucket harbormaster and win both jobs in a landslide.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has officially sold his charming Nantucket cottage, just three months after putting the beachfront property on the market for $3.9 million.

From MarketWatch