Cape Cod

noun

a sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic Ocean: many resort towns.
a 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.

Definition for cape cod (2 of 2)

Cod
[ kod ]
/ kɒd /

noun

Cape. Cape Cod.

British Dictionary definitions for cape cod (1 of 7)

cod 1
/ (kɒd) /

noun plural cod or cods

any of the gadoid food fishes of the genus Gadus, esp G. morhua (or G. callarias), which occurs in the North Atlantic and has a long body with three rounded dorsal fins: family Gadidae . They are also a source of cod-liver oil
any other fish of the family Gadidae See gadid
Australian any of various unrelated Australian fish, such as the Murray cod

Word Origin for cod

C13: probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German cutte

British Dictionary definitions for cape cod (2 of 7)

cod 2
/ (kɒd) /

noun

British and US dialect a pod or husk
an obsolete word for scrotum
obsolete a bag or envelope

Word Origin for cod

Old English codd husk, bag; related to Old Norse koddi, Danish kodde

British Dictionary definitions for cape cod (3 of 7)

cod 3
/ (kɒd) /

verb cods, codding or codded (tr)

British and Irish slang to make fun of; tease
British and Irish slang to play a trick on; fool

noun

British and Irish slang a hoax or trick
Irish slang a fraud; hoaxer he's an old cod

adjective (prenominal)

British slang mock; sham cod Latin

Word Origin for cod

C19: perhaps from earlier cod a fool, perhaps shortened from codger

British Dictionary definitions for cape cod (4 of 7)

cod 4
/ (kɒd) /

noun

Northern English dialect a fellow; chap he's a nice old cod

Word Origin for cod

of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for cape cod (5 of 7)

Cod

noun

Cape Cod See Cape Cod

British Dictionary definitions for cape cod (6 of 7)

COD

abbreviation for

cash on delivery
(in the US) collect on delivery

British Dictionary definitions for cape cod (7 of 7)

Cape Cod

noun

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

Cultural definitions for cape cod (1 of 2)

Cape Cod

Resort area on the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts. Its fishhook shape is easily recognized on a map.

Cultural definitions for cape cod (2 of 2)

COD

An abbreviation for “cash on delivery” or “collect on delivery.”