DEMARCATION LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demarcation line mean? 

• DEMARCATION LINE (noun)
  The noun DEMARCATION LINE has 1 sense:

1. the boundary of a specific area

  Familiarity information: DEMARCATION LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMARCATION LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The boundary of a specific area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

demarcation; demarcation line; limit

Hypernyms ("demarcation line" is a kind of...):

bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demarcation line"):

edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)

city limit; city limits (the limits of the area occupied by a city or town)

upper limit (the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something)

lower limit (the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something)

three-mile limit (the limit of a nation's territorial waters)