mile

Meanings

• a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
• a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
• a large distance;
• "he missed by a mile"
• a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
• a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
• an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
• a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
• a footrace extending one mile;
• "he holds the record in the mile"
• MILE n pl. -S a unit of distance

Synonyms

• statute mile
• stat mi
• land mile
• international mile
• mi
• nautical mile
• naut mi
• knot
• international nautical mile
• air mile
• sea mile
• geographical mile
• Admiralty mile
• Roman mile
• mil
• Swedish mile

Scrabble Score: 6

mile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

mile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

mile is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

mile is a valid Words With Friends word

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