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furlong
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun furlong has 1 sense
- furlong(n = noun.quantity) Array - a unit of length equal to 220 yards; Array is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
has parts: perch, pole, rod, gunter's chain
is a part of international mile, land mile, mi, mile, stat mi, statute mile
OXFORD DICTIONARY
furlong, n. an eighth of a mile, 220 yards.
Etymology
OE furlang f. furh FURROW + lang LONG(1): orig. = length of a furrow in a common field
ROGET THESAURUS
furlong
Length
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
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