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DEMARCATION LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The boundary of a specific area
Synonyms:
demarcation; demarcation line; limit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("demarcation line" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demarcation line"):
edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)
city limit; city limits (the limits of the area occupied by a city or town)
upper limit (the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something)
lower limit (the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something)
three-mile limit (the limit of a nation's territorial waters)
