Phrase Hound found 106 phrases and 45 compound words that contain mile. The most common are listed below. Open mile in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 106
- square mileA unit of area equal to that in a square with 1 mile sides, equivalent to 2.59 km².
- One MileA suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- last mileThe final stage of delivery of goods, etc., from a distribution centre to the consumer, often involving greater effort or expense.
- quarter-mileA quarter of a statute mile, a measurement of 440 yards, or 1,320 feet, or 402.336 metres.
- half a mileSynonym of half-mile: Half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres.
- run a mileTo escape, flee, or leave a situation or relationship, usually as a result of a shocking or sudden announcement or revelation.
- Nine MileA town in the parish of Saint Ann, Jamaica.
- Extra Mile
- go the extra mileTo make an extra effort; to do a particularly good job.
- running a milepresent participle and gerund of run a mile
- half-mileHalf of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres.
- nautical mileA unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).
- Roman mileAn ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces (mille passus, hence also "mile" from Latin mille, "1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman feet by Agrippa in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is …
- country mileA long way, a great distance.
- ran a milesimple past of run a mile
- runs a milethird-person singular simple present indicative of run a mile: To escape, flee, or leave a situation or relationship, usually as a result of a shocking or sudden announcement or revelation.
- Mile High ClubA notional club that one joins by having sex aboard an aircraft.
- Ladies' MilePart of Hyde Park in London where fashionable women used to congregrate.
- Mile EndA number of places in England:
- Six MileA place in the United States:
- land mileAny of the various miles used to measure length on land, as opposed to the nautical mile.
- mile markerA numbered milepost or sign along a highway, or some other road, used to determine the location of a motor vehicle.
- mile-a-minuteAny of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
- international mileThe present formal value of the mile as precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers, as opposed to other historic or informal values.
- survey mileThe mile of ⁶³³⁶⁄₃₉₃₇ kilometers employed by the United States prior to its adoption of the international mile by treaty in the 1950s.
Compound words 45
- milestoneA stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
- milecastleOne of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.
- milometerAn odometer graduated in miles.
- negamileA proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.
- milewideMeasuring a mile in width.
- milemarkTo number a highway or some other road with a milepost or marker.
- milepoleSynonym of milepost: A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
- milewayAny of a number of roads near Oxford, England, whose upkeep was formerly paid for by nearby residents.
- postmilehighway location marker
- seatmileAlternative form of seat-mile: A unit of measure of passenger carrying capacity, equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown.