"dividing line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dividing lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dividing line (plural dividing lines)
  1. a line, often invisible, which marks the boundary between two areas. Translations (boundary between areas): grænse [common-gender] (Danish), skillelinje [common-gender] (Danish), skillelinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skille [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skiljeline [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skiljelinje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skiljelinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dividing_line-en-noun-VyUdzhKM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'boundary between areas': 68 32
  2. an imaginary line marking the difference between different things, ideals etc. Translations (imaginary line marking difference): skillelinje [common-gender] (Danish), skillelinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skille [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skiljeline [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skiljelinje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skiljelinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dividing_line-en-noun-pryU3K3N Disambiguation of 'imaginary line marking difference': 18 82

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dividing line meaning in English (2.7kB)

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