Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Oyster Bay. Search instead for Oyster+Card.

Oyster Bay

American  

noun

  1. a town on the N shore of Long Island, in SE New York. Theodore Roosevelt homestead nearby.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

His Palm Beach compound languished for six years and required $22 million in price cuts before it was sold, while his sprawling Oyster Bay compound on Long Island was recently taken off the market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Another role is as an "oyster organiser", which entails sorting, cleaning and categorising oysters freshly harvested from Great Oyster Bay.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024

Heuermann lives in Massapequa Park, a community just north of South Oyster Bay and the sandy stretch known as Gilgo Beach where skeletal remains were found along a remote oceanfront highway in 2010 and 2011.

From Washington Times • Jul. 14, 2023

The duo, who live together in Oyster Bay, raised $27 million from about 150 investors into their company, Thompson Education Center, prosecutors allege.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2022

The 707 slammed into the estate owned by the father of the tennis champion John McEnroe, in the posh Long Island town of Oyster Bay.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "Oyster Bay" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com