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LAND MILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Synonyms:
international mile; land mile; mi; mile; stat mi; statute mile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("land mile" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meronyms (parts of "land mile"):
furlong (a unit of length equal to 220 yards)
880 yards; half mile (a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile)
440 yards; quarter mile (a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile)
Holonyms ("land mile" is a part of...):
league (an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles))
