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line

 
/lɑɪn/ n [C] (EDGE)

Definition

a real or imaginary mark that forms the edge, border, or limit of something: The police caught him before he crossed the state line. A line is also a mark on a sports field which shows where things can or cannot happen, or which measures the field: the foul line the 50-yard line the free-throw line
(Definition of line n (EDGE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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