"pikes" in the noun sense
1. expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
2. pike
highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
3. pike
a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
4. pike
medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff superseded by the bayonet
5. pike
any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
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