WATER LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water line mean? 

• WATER LINE (noun)
  The noun WATER LINE has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. a line marking the level reached by a body of water

  Familiarity information: WATER LINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

water level; water line; waterline

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

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

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

load line; Plimsoll; Plimsoll line; Plimsoll mark (waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A line marking the level reached by a body of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

water line; watermark

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

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

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

high-water mark (a line marking the highest level reached)

low-water mark (a line marking the lowest level reached)