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RED LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red line mean?
• RED LINE (noun)
The noun RED LINE has 1 sense:
1. a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink
Familiarity information: RED LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("red line" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
Context examples
She noted the red line of it with amusement which quickly vanished as she glanced at his clothes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She repressed a smile at sight of the red line that marked the chafe of the collar against the bronzed neck.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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