Unscramble mile

Definition of mile

noun:

• a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters. Synonyms: international mile, land mile, mi, stat mi, statute mile.
• a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude. Synonyms: air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, naut mi, nautical mile.
• 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). Synonyms: sea mile.
• a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile. Synonyms: Admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile.
• an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards. Synonyms: Roman mile.
• a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km. Synonyms: Swedish mile, mil.
• a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile".

Words nearby

bile, emile, file, male, mike, mil, mild, miler, milk, mill, milne, milo, milt, mime, mine, mire, mite, mole, mule, nile, pile, rile, smile, tile, vile, wile.

Rhymes with

aisle, argyll, awhile, beguile, bile, camomile, castile, chamomile, compile, dial, fertile, file, guile, hostile, isle, marseille, nile, phyle, pile, pyle.