plimsoll line

Questions about plimsoll line

What is another word for plimsoll line?

It depends which plimsoll line you mean. In the sense “waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded”, the synonyms are load line, Plimsoll mark, Plimsoll. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of plimsoll line?

WordNet records no antonym for plimsoll line. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for plimsoll line come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of plimsoll line

• Full entry for plimsoll lineAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for plimsoll lineWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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