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Meanings of waterline in English
Catalan
línia de flotació Spanish
linea de flotacion 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.
Usage of waterline in English
1
Jute estimated that height at a good six fathoms above the waterline.
2
All the doors could be sealed tight: it was below the waterline.
3
She had caught sight of someone near the waterline below the hotel.
4
Grant tilted the binoculars down, scanning the hull just above the waterline.
5
It'll burn to the waterline and sink in twenty minutes or so.
6
The sharp-edged cliffs retreated from the waterline and softened to gentle slopes.
7
Yellow fish nibbled at the weed that had grown on her waterline.
8
He'd seen the phone box above the waterline and walked into the house.
9
It quickly rolled on its side, revealing a long gouge below the waterline.
10
But really the ship has been holed beneath the waterline for some time.
11
There was no safe place above the waterline in a ship-of-war.
12
And so I had taken care to keep well back from the waterline.
13
The entire craft was supported just above the waterline by a metal stand.
14
This time the Essex was holed below the waterline, and doomed.
15
She looked over the rail but couldn't even see the waterline.
16
The high waterline on the nearby tree trunks was now shoulder-high on her.
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Waterline across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common