"blue line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue line (plural blue lines)
  1. (ice hockey) Either of the two thick blue lines on the ice that separate an attacking zone or defending zone from the neutral zone. Categories (topical): Ice hockey Related terms: thin blue line Translations (ice hockey: line): خَطّ أَزْرَق (ḵaṭṭ ʔazraq) [masculine] (Arabic), modrá čára [feminine] (Czech), siniviiva (Finnish), blålinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blue line (Norwegian Bokmål), blålinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blue_line-en-noun-aEAVazTf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

Inflected forms

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