Meanings
plural statute miles
- UKThe mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
Near-synonym: survey mile
Synonyms: international mile, survey mile
- USThe US survey mile, distinguished from the international mile adopted by treaty in the 1950s.
Near-synonym: international mile
Synonyms: survey mile, international mile
- The land mile in its various forms, distinguished from the nautical mile.
Synonyms: land mile
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act.
nounThe US survey mile, distinguished from the international mile adopted by treaty in the 1950s.
nounThe land mile in its various forms, distinguished from the nautical mile.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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