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PLIMSOLL LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
Synonyms:
load line; Plimsoll; Plimsoll line; Plimsoll mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("Plimsoll line" is a kind of...):
water level; water line; waterline (a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship)
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