mile

any of various units of distance

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

mile


3 Phonemes

m I l


onset, rime

m ile


Morpheme

mile


Sentence Examples

We passed mile after mile of beautiful scenery as we drove through the country.

We traveled over miles of dirt road.

The car was traveling at 70 miles per hour.

We were miles from home.

We still have miles to go.

The beach stretched on for miles and miles.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

square

statute

nautical

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

sea mile

food mile

country mile

nautical mile

the Royal Mile

the Square Mile

Three Mile Island

sea mile

Royal Mile

Neighborhood

Rhymes

pile

smile

while

Onset Friends

my

me

mother

man

make

made

more

many

much

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