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LEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
Synonyms:
grazing land; lea; ley; pasture; pastureland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("lea" is a kind of...):
grassland (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lea"):
common land; commons (a pasture subject to common use)
cow pasture (a pasture for cows)
Holonyms ("lea" is a part of...):
country; rural area (an area outside of cities and towns)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A unit of length of thread or yarn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("lea" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meronyms (parts of "lea"):
pace; yard (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)
