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Meaning | Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet.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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