DEMARCATION LINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The boundary of a specific area

Synonyms:

demarcation; demarcation line; limit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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

bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demarcation line"):

edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)

city limit; city limits (the limits of the area occupied by a city or town)

upper limit (the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something)

lower limit (the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something)

three-mile limit (the limit of a nation's territorial waters)