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STRING LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does string line mean?
• STRING LINE (noun)
The noun STRING LINE has 1 sense:
1. line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
Familiarity information: STRING LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
balkline; baulk-line; string line
Hypernyms ("string line" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
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