map
see also TRAVEL, WORLD
- a drawing of a place, for example a town or country, showing the hills, rivers, roads, towns, etc: map
They opened out the map and spread it on the ground. ◎ a map of the world
- a map showing the roads in a town or city: road map, street map, street plan
- a book of maps: atlas
an atlas of the British Isles
- a map of the world in the shape of a ball, showing the continents and seas: globe
- the relationship between the number of centimetres/inches on the map and the number of kilometres/miles on the land: scale
The scale of this map is one inch to the mile. ◎ a scale of 1:500 000
- a map which covers a large piece of land, only showing the most important things: small-scale map
This is a small-scale map - our road won't be on it.
- a map which covers a small piece of land in great detail: large-scale map
We need a large-scale map to see where all the footpaths are.
- if you need to know where a place is, you can look for it on the map, find* it on the map
I've been looking for your village on the map but I just can't find it.
- the line on a map which you follow in order to get from one place to another: route
the quickest route from London to Bath
- to follow a route on a map: read* a map
Can you read the map while I drive?
- to make a map for sb in order to help them find a place: draw* sb a map
I'll draw you a map of how to get to my house.
- the mountains, rivers and other natural things which we find on a map: physical features
- the lines which show how high and how steep a hill or mountain is: contour lines (noun plural)
- a small round object with a needle which always points north, used for finding directions: compass
Do you know how to find your way with just a map and compass?
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