snap line

1. 1.

   a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface

   Synonymschalk linesnapline

   Broaderstring

Questions about snap line

What does snap line mean?

snap line means "a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface".

What is another word for snap line?

Close synonyms include chalk line, snapline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snap line a common word?

snap line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.