BICYCLE RACE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A race between people riding bicycles

Synonyms:

bicycle race; bike race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("bicycle race" is a kind of...):

race (a contest of speed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bicycle race"):

Tour de France (a French bicycle race for professional cyclists that lasts three weeks and covers about 3,000 miles)

crit; criterium (a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles))