FRONT LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does front line mean? 

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

1. the line along which opposing armies face each other

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRONT LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The line along which opposing armies face each other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

battlefront; front; front line

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

line (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops))

Holonyms ("front line" is a part of...):

battlefield; battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor (a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought)