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Cape Cod

 
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–noun
1. a sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic Ocean: many resort towns.
2. 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.
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Cod

  [kod]
–noun
Cape. Cape Cod.
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Cod   (kŏd)   
A hook-shaped peninsula of southeast Massachusetts extending east and north into the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing, whaling, and shipping were important here until the late 1800s; the economy today is based largely on tourism.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

Cape Cod

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


COD

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

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Word Origin & History

cod 
1273, cotfish, origin unknown; despite similarity of form it has no conclusive connection to the widespread Gmc. word for "bag" (cf. O.E. codd, source of codpiece, q.v.). Cod-liver oil known since at least 1615, recommended medicinally since 1783, but not popular as a remedy until after 1825.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: COD
Function: abbreviation
cash on delivery, collect on delivery
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cod
Pronunciation: 'käd
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cod also cods
: any of variousbottom-dwelling fishes (family Gadidae, the cod family) that usually occur in cold marine waters and often have barbels and three dorsal fins: as a : one (Gadus morhua) of theNo. Atlantic that is an important food fish b : one (Gadus macrocephalus) of the Pacific Ocean
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