WATERLINE

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

water level; water line; waterline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("waterline" 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 "waterline"):

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

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