quarter-mile
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A quarter of a statute mile, a measurement of 440 yards, or 1,320 feet, or 402.336 metres.
Example Sentences
- "The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line."
Inflected Forms
quarter-miles (plural)