Nantucket

She’s a cyanobacteria expert who did not take part in the Nantucket study.
Pond scum can release a paralyzing pollutant into the air|Tracy Vonder Brink|June 7, 2021|Science News For Students
The Nantucket team did not investigate how ATX entered the air.
Pond scum can release a paralyzing pollutant into the air|Tracy Vonder Brink|June 7, 2021|Science News For Students
His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass.
Inside The Growing Organic Halal Movement|Sharon Adarlo|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But colorful versions of Nantucket Reds are, politically, a risky choice.
Anthony Weiner Is Now Wearing Colorful Pants on the Mayoral Campaign Trail|Isabel Wilkinson|June 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The Nantucket emergency preparedness council is meeting after hours.
Hurricane Season Is Starting, and Projections Are Higher Than Average|Eliza Shapiro|May 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In a devastating ad, footage of Kerry riding the breeze of Nantucket was juxtaposed with hits on his alleged “flip-flopping.”
Santorum’s Audi and Other Political Transportation Follies|Ben Jacobs|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mark Madoff lived a high-end lifestyle with homes in Manhattan, Nantucket, and Greenwich, Connecticut.
Mark Madoff's Agony|Allan Dodds Frank|December 11, 2010|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.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
Is Nantucket a corruption of that word, or was that word the result of a struggle to master the Indian name?
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete|Charles M. Skinner
As he writes from Nantucket, Massachusetts, we shall expect some fine marine pictures from him for the coming contest.
Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895|Various
Now, there's old Nantucket, for instance, once the most noted whaling center of America.
Step Lively!|George Niblo
And go home and turn in they did, but not without protestation from the pair who had yet to meet the woman from Nantucket.
Cap'n Eri|Joseph Crosby Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for Nantucket

Nantucket

/ (nænˈtʌkɪt) /

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)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Nantucket

Nantucket

Resort island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

notes for Nantucket

Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.