Definition of Mile
Noun
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a footrace extending one mile
"he holds the record in the mile"
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a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
mil - swedish mile -
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
- roman mile -
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters)
800 feet longer than a statute mile
- nautical mile - naut mi mi - geographical mile - admiralty mile -
a former British unit of length once used in navigation
equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
- sea mile -
a large distance
"he missed by a mile"
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a unit of length used in navigation
exactly 1,852 meters
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- nautical mile mi - naut mi knot - international nautical mile - air mile -
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet
exactly 1609.344 meters
- statute mile - stat mi - land mile - international mile mi
Word games points for the Mile
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- Words With Friends® score of the mile (8)
Unscramble mile
12 unscramble word found using the letters mile.
el, elm, em, lei, li, lie, lime, me, mel, mi, mil, mile,