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PLIMSOLL LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plimsoll line mean? 

PLIMSOLL LINE (noun)
  The noun PLIMSOLL LINE has 1 sense:

1. waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loadedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PLIMSOLL LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

load line; Plimsoll; Plimsoll line; Plimsoll mark

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

water level; water line; waterline (a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship)


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