| NOUN | artifact | pike, expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic |
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| food | pike | highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh | |
| artifact | pike | a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) | |
| artifact | pike | medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff | |
| animal | pike | any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere |
| Sounds | pay'k | |
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| Rhymes | alike ... wormlike: 58 rhymes with ayk... | |
| Meaning | A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic. | |
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| Synonyms | expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway | |
| Parts | carriageway | One of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes |
| Narrower | autobahn | An expressway in a German-speaking country |
| autostrada | An expressway in an Italian-speaking country | |
| turnpike, toll road | An expressway on which tolls are collected | |
| Broader | highway, main road | A major road for any form of motor transport |
| Spanish | autopista, autovía, super-autopista, vía expresa | |
| Catalan | autopista, super-autopista | |
| Meaning | Highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh. | |
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| Part of | pike | Any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere |
| Narrower | muskellunge | flesh of very large North American pike |
| pickerel | flesh of young or small pike | |
| Broader | freshwater fish | flesh of fish from fresh water used as food |
| Spanish | lucio | |
| Catalan | lluç de riu | |
| Meaning | A sharp point (as on the end of a spear). | |
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| Broader | point | sharp end |
| Spanish | pica | |
| Catalan | pica | |
| Meaning | Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet. | |
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| Parts | pikestaff | The staff of a pike |
| spearhead, spearpoint, spear-point | The head and sharpened point of a spear | |
| Narrower | halberd | A pike fitted with an ax head |
| partisan, partizan | A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections | |
| vouge | A kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century | |
| Broader | weapon, arm, weapon system | Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting |
| Spanish | pica | |
| Catalan | pica | |
| Meaning | Any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere. | |
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| Member of | Esox, genus Esox | type and only genus of the family Esocidae |
| Parts | pike | Highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh |
| Narrower | muskellunge, Esox masquinongy | large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America |
| northern pike, Esox lucius | voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere | |
| pickerel | Any of several North American species of small pike | |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
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