longline
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
Definition of longline
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
“Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.”
“In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.”
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adj
-
(not-comparable)longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
“Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.”
“In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.”
noun
- Gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods or gangions.
- A long cable used to raise or lower loads from a helicopter when landing is not possible.
- A slackline which runs a considerable distance
verb
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To fish with a line of this kind.
“The Japanese, always on the prowl for something else to take out of the sea, have been longlining sharks for years, and eating them in a variety of ways.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From long + line.
Words you can make from longline
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