SCRIMMAGE LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrimmage line mean? 

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

1. line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRIMMAGE LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

line of scrimmage; scrimmage line

Context example:

the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage

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

line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)