CAPE HATTERAS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape Hatteras mean? • CAPE HATTERAS (noun)
The noun CAPE HATTERAS has 1 sense:
1. a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
Familiarity information: CAPE HATTERAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPE HATTERAS (noun)
Meaning:
A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras
Instance hypernyms:
cape; ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)
foreland; head; headland; promontory (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))
Holonyms ("Cape Hatteras" is a part of...):
NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)
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