Furlong

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A unit for measuring distance, equal to 1/8 mile (201 meters). See Table at measurement.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A unit of length equal to 220 yards or exactly 201.168 meters, now only used in measuring distances in horse-racing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A measure of length equal to the eighth part of a mile, 40 rods, poles, or perches, 220 yards, or 201.17 meters.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a unit of length equal to 220 yards
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    linear unit    linear measure   
    Cross Reference
    a furlong way    furrow    yard    chain    mile   
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    stadia    coss    Morgan    centimeters    half-a-mile    rood   
     
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