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PLIMSOLL MARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plimsoll mark mean? 

PLIMSOLL MARK (noun)
  The noun PLIMSOLL MARK has 1 sense:

1. waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loadedplay

  Familiarity information: PLIMSOLL MARK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLIMSOLL MARK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

load line; Plimsoll; Plimsoll line; Plimsoll mark

Hypernyms ("Plimsoll mark" 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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