LEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

Synonyms:

grazing land; lea; ley; pasture; pastureland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("lea" is a kind of...):

grassland (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life)

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

common land; commons (a pasture subject to common use)

cow pasture (a pasture for cows)

Holonyms ("lea" is a part of...):

country; rural area (an area outside of cities and towns)

Meaning:

A unit of length of thread or yarn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("lea" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Meronyms (parts of "lea"):

pace; yard (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)