HyperDic: nantucket

English > 1 sense of the word *Nantucket*:
NOUN	location	Nantucket	an island resort off Cape Cod

Nantucket > pronunciation
Sounds	naentah'kiht
Rhymes	acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht...

English > *Nantucket*: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning	An island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry.
Instance of	island	A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water