pikenoun [ C ]
uk/paɪk/us/paɪk/pike noun [ C ] (FISH)
plural pike a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers and eats other fish
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Freshwater fish
- bream
- carp
- catfish
- eel
- elver
- fish
- fry
- goldfish
- lamprey
- minnow
- perch
- piranha
- roach
- salmon
- salmon trout
- stickleback
- trout
pike noun [ C ] (ROAD)
US informal plural pikes a turnpike :
the Leesburg Pike
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Roads: motorways
- access road
- artery
- autobahn
- carriageway
- clearway
- contraflow
- fast lane
- freeway
- hard shoulder
- highway
- interstate
- M, m
- overtaking lane
- passing lane
- ramp
- route
- shoulder
- slip road
- superhighway
- turnpike
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pike noun [ C ] (WEAPON)
plural pikes a long sharp stick used in the past as a weapon by soldiers on foot:
A soldier with a pike could bring down a charging horse.
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- dirk
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- rapier
- sabre
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
- two-edged
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pike noun [ C ] (HILL)
plural pikes a word used in northern England for a hill with a pointed top
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Geography: hills & mountains
- alpine
- arête
- Ben
- butte
- cirque
- cliff
- clifftop
- col
- drumlin
- hilltop
- hilly
- hummock
- incline
- knoll
- mountainous
- Mountains
- mountainside
- orographic
- ridge
- shelf
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Idiom(s)
come down the pike