Nantucket [ nan-tuhk -it ] SHOW IPA
/ nænˈtʌk ɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. 15 miles (24 km) long.
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How to use Nantucket in a sentence From the time he stood up in Nantucket until the last day of his life he never stopped fighting the poison of American slavery.
The Nantucket team did not investigate how ATX entered the air.
She’s a cyanobacteria expert who did not take part in the Nantucket study.
His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass.
But colorful versions of Nantucket Reds are, politically, a risky choice.
The Nantucket emergency preparedness council is meeting after hours.
In a devastating ad, footage of Kerry riding the breeze of Nantucket was juxtaposed with hits on his alleged “flip-flopping.”
Mark Madoff lived a high-end lifestyle with homes in Manhattan, Nantucket , and Greenwich, Connecticut.
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.
Is Nantucket a corruption of that word, or was that word the result of a struggle to master the Indian name?
As he writes from Nantucket , Massachusetts, we shall expect some fine marine pictures from him for the coming contest.
Now, there's old Nantucket , for instance, once the most noted whaling center of America.
And go home and turn in they did, but not without protestation from the pair who had yet to meet the woman from Nantucket .
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British Dictionary definitions for Nantucket
noun
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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Cultural definitions for Nantucket
notes for Nantucket Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.
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