"supply line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: supply lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} supply line (plural supply lines)
  1. The chain of transportation mechanisms supplying food and materiel to an army in battle, or other field operation. Translations (Chain of transportation mechanisms to an army): forsyningslinje [common-gender] (Danish), etapplinje c förbindelselinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-supply_line-en-noun-d37SnKKm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'Chain of transportation mechanisms to an army': 92 8
  2. (by extension) Any system in place to provide resources to a group. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-supply_line-en-noun-EioASgwn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for supply line meaning in English (2.4kB)

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