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BATTLE LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle line mean?
• BATTLE LINE (noun)
The noun BATTLE LINE has 1 sense:
1. the line along which warring troops meet
Familiarity information: BATTLE LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The line along which warring troops meet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("battle line" is a kind of...):
line (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops))
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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