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Mile
A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
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Component part 1
A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
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0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.
Containing whole 1
A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land m…
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0% interchangeable
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Synonym 2
A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American syst…
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68% interchangeable
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A geographical mile. See Mile.
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68% interchangeable
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