Cape Cod

Cape′ Cod′,

Place Namesa sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic Ocean: many resort towns.
Architecturea style of cottage developed mainly on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, typically a rectangular one- or one-and-a-half story wooden cottage covered by a gable roof and having a central chimney.

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Cape Cod n

a long sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic
Also called: Cape Cod cottage a one-storey cottage of timber construction with a simple gable roof and a large central chimney: originated on Cape Cod in the 18th century

cod¹ n., pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -cod, (esp. for kinds or species) -cods.

Fish a fish found in cool, N Atlantic waters, caught for food:[countable]caught a cod.
Food its flesh, eaten as food:[uncountable]a dish of baked cod.

C.O.D. or c.o.d., an abbreviation of:

cod¹ n., pl. ([esp. collectively]) -cod, ([esp. referring to two or more kinds or species]) -cods.

Fishany of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, esp. Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
Fisha closely related fish, Gadus macrocephalus, of the North Pacific.
Fishany of several unrelated fishes, as rockfishes of the genus Sebastes.