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STARTING LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does starting line mean?
• STARTING LINE (noun)
The noun STARTING LINE has 1 sense:
1. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
Familiarity information: STARTING LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
scratch; scratch line; start; starting line
Hypernyms ("starting line" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
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