CAPE FEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape Fear mean? 

• CAPE FEAR (noun)
  The noun CAPE FEAR has 1 sense:

1. a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean

  Familiarity information: CAPE FEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPE FEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

cape; ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)

Holonyms ("Cape Fear" is a part of...):

N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)