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    PLIMSOLL LINE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loadedplay

    Synonyms:

    load line; Plimsoll; Plimsoll line; Plimsoll mark

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

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

    water level; water line; waterline (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)

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