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STATE LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does state line mean?
• STATE LINE (noun)
The noun STATE LINE has 1 sense:
1. the boundary between two states
Familiarity information: STATE LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The boundary between two states
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
state boundary; state line
Hypernyms ("state line" is a kind of...):
border; borderline; boundary line; delimitation; mete (a line that indicates a boundary)
Instance hyponyms:
Mason-Dixon line; Mason and Dixon's line; Mason and Dixon line (the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War)
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