furlong

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noun

Plural noun:

furlongsfurlongforlong

1.
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
2.
(dated)A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares).
3.
(British, dated, dialectal)An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.
4.
(historical)Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”).
Đồng nghĩa: stade, stadium, stadion
5.
(dialectal)Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”).
Đồng nghĩa: headland
6.
(dialectal)Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows”).
Đồng nghĩa: land
7.
(dialectal)Synonym of land (“any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”).
Đồng nghĩa: land

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stade stadium stadion headland land

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dlongʰosine-pro thumb|The five furlong (distance) post#Noun|post at the Epsom Downs Racecourse in [[Surrey, England, United Kingdom, which indicates that racehorses passing this point are five furlongs from the finishing line.]]