cape cod

1. 1.

   a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area

   Broaderpeninsula

   Part ofMassachusetts

Questions about cape cod

What does cape cod mean?

cape cod means "a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area".

Is cape cod a common word?

cape cod is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.