COLOUR LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colour line mean? 

• COLOUR LINE (noun)
  The noun COLOUR LINE has 1 sense:

1. barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

  Familiarity information: COLOUR LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLOUR LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

color bar; color line; colour bar; colour line; Jim Crow

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

ideological barrier (a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies)