HARPOON LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harpoon line mean? 

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

1. a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARPOON LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

rope (a strong line)

Holonyms ("harpoon line" is a part of...):

harpoon (a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it)