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Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
3. ray (e.g. X-ray); beam
4. line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane
5. outline; contours; form
6. level
7. division
8. line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle
9. impression one leaves; air one gives off
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (405 in total)
flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
straight line
line to fold along (e.g. origami, packaging); bend line
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
dotted line; perforated line
traffic lane; road lane
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation
wired; cabled; communication by wire
main line; trunk line
rifling marks on a fired bullet
incense stick
infrared rays; infrared radiation
line drawing
batting lineup (line-up)
horizon (related to land)
white line; linea alba (anot.)
(on the) right track
crossed wires or lines (of communication); confusion
front line; forefront
boundary line
horizon (related to bodies of water)
world line
to draw a line
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
main line; trunk line
overhead power line; aerial wiring; overhead line (for trains, trams, etc.); overheard wire
wavy line
downward curve
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
line of magnetic force
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
the Tropic of Capricorn
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
straight line
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
(war) front
circuit; line
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
(measuring) ruler
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
firing line
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
supply line
diagonal (line)
horizontal line
steel wire
on the line; borderline
telephone line
line of flow
oblique line; forward slash
the whole line; all lines; the whole ship
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
track number
outside telephone line; outer circle
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
heartstrings; koto string
beauty of slender female legs
piano wire
vertical line
government railway line
sunlight; rays of the Sun
international air route
loop line; (transportation) belt line
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
shaft line; axis
criminal investigation
warning line; police cordon
overhead wires; elevated railway
centre line; center line; central line
branch line
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
copper line; copper wire
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
line segment
ruled line; rule; chart; crease; score; border
supply line; line of communications
gamma rays
line of force
platform no. 2; track 2
outline; contour line; border line
waterline (ship)
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
run (in a stocking)
points and lines
nasolabial fold; smile line; laugh line
grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet); enclosing line
connecting line
wavy line
exclusive line (communications); dedicated line
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
railroad operating over private tracks
underline; underscore
contour (line); isohypse
high-voltage wire
strong-nerved; decisive
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
broken line; dashed line
line; a streak
(railway) siding; service line; service wire
double track; two-track line
arc (of a circle)
saturated linework; concentrated linework
International Date Line
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
(weather-related) line of discontinuity
line symmetry; reflection symmetry; axial symmetry
straight line
additional line
pregnancy stretch mark; striae gravidarum
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
scan line (e.g. TV)
resistance level (e.g. in share prices); resistance wire; line of resistance
staff; stave
a sidetrack; a turnout
up line; in-bound line
heating element; electrically-heated wire
sidetrack; siding; lateral line (of a fish)
down line; outbound line
loop line; circle line; circle route
high-voltage line
track no. 1
polyline; broken line; zigzag; polygonal line
thin line
thin line
moving average (line)
perpendicular line; vertical line
starting lines in the ring
impressive; tough
new railway line
to be on the right track; to go well
third-base line
parallel railways
nichrome wire
dividing line; parting line; separation line
asymptotic line
lead (electronics)
meridian; longitude
electron beam
particle beam
to be on the right track; to go well
dose (of radioactivity)
spiral (railway); spiral loop; curved railway line used to ascend steep hills
stop line
heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border
reference line; base line; baseline; datum line
white candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bullish candlestick
first-base line
scouting line
catgut; sheepgut
dividing line; intermediate line; intermediate rays
electrical light wiring
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
line of demarcation
pilus; fimbria
head line (in palm reading)
red candlestick (in a candlestick chart); bearish candlestick
parallel
waterline
ground wire; earth wire; earthed line
train line; bus line
stranded wire; strand wire; strand; stranded cable; stranded conductor; twisted wire
Spectral line
branch line; spur
underground wire or cable
territorial limits
overline; overscore; overbar
vertical line
tectonic line
Siegfried Line (German defensive line built before World War II)
intelligence line (in palm reading)
shoreline; beach line
a firebreak
base line
high-water mark
magnet wire; enameled wire
wiring
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
helix; spiral
Mees' lines
Milan belt railway
tropics (of Cancer and Capricorn); regression line
linear velocity
proton beam
private railway or bus line
harbor railroad; harbour railroad
uninsulated electrical wire; open-wire line; bare wire; bare conductor
gun rifling
branch line
wire rod; wire
line graph; line chart
normal vector
geodesic (line)
radiation; radiant rays
poverty line
winding (coil, armature, etc.)
hidden line
line concentrator; line multiplexer
line spacing
low-water mark; low-tide line; ebb-tide line
line drawing
linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)
line of action
dividing line; demarcation line
carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line
Curzon Line
speed lines; lines drawn to represent motion
actinic rays
Tropic of Cancer
fire support coordination line
line of departure
line of contact; no man's land
two-wire-system
barbed wire
dark-line (spectrum)
insulated wire
lines in operation
anode ray; positive ray; canal ray
reflection coefficient chart
sheathing wire
production line
wire diameter
power line; high current electrical line
weak electrical current line (e.g. intercom)
boundary; edge; break line
line spectrum
Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)
twisted pair cable
developmental baseline
common channel
reference line
linetype
coordinate graphics; line graphics
delay line
toll switch; TS; trunk exchange
reflectance normal
alignment line
source of radiation; radiation source
Arctic Circle (latitude)
Antarctic Circle (latitude)
isopleth; isogram; isoline; contour line; isarithm
striation; streak line
line integral; path integral; contour integral; curve integral
high-water mark; high-water line; high-water shoreline
Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
line element
line synchronization
isogonic line; isogonal line
stretch mark (caused by obesity); stria
absorption line
isobar; isopiestic line
zip fastener; zipper
cross-cut; crossline; transversal; transverse line
canal ray
Distant Early Warning Line (US, Canada); DEW Line
Plimsoll line; load line; load waterline
molecular beam
atomic beam
rice noodle soup (Yunnan cuisine); (lit.) crossing-the-bridge noodles
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
uncompleted (railway) line
planned (railway) line
asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL
coefficient of linear expansion
linear expansion
support line; support level; supporting wire; subsidiary wire
Metropolitan line
Maskoŭskaja Line
Tauern Railway
Schneeberg Railway (cog railway)
Central line (London Underground)
Piccadilly line
Circle line (London Underground)
Wallace Line
Northern line
Bernina railway
Koralm Railway
Flåm Line
Wye (rail)
Arlberg railway
Albula Railway
Circumflegrea railway
Bergen Line
Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway
Schafberg Railway
Mariazell Railway
Casparian strip
Leopolda railway
Tsuen Wan Line
Oʻzbekiston Line
Ligne de Cerdagne
Skåne Line
Barrie line
Kitchener line
Milton line
Stouffville line
Ligne de Sceaux
Kŭmgol Line
Gold Coast railway line
Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)
Ipswich and Rosewood railway line
Manassas Line
North Coast railway line, New South Wales
Southern Line
Main Line railway, Queensland
Maeklong Railway
Examples (18 in total)
Draw a line with a ruler.
This line is parallel to that.
What number is the downtown train?