DICTOMETER

CORDEL (Spanish for "line")

(line, rope, snor)

1. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • a formation of people or things one beside another
   Examples:
   • The line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed
   • They were arrayed in line of battle
   • The cast stood in line for the curtain call
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • a mark that is long relative to its width
   Examples:
   • He drew a line on the chart
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • a formation of people or things one behind another
   Examples:
   • The line stretched clear around the corner
   • You must wait in a long line at the checkout counter
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness
   • the trace of a moving point
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
   Examples:
   • The letter consisted of three short lines
   • There are six lines in every stanza
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
   Examples:
   • They attacked the enemy's line
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Argumentation
   • Logical argument
   • Argument
   • Line of reasoning
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood
   • the methodical process of logical reasoning
   Examples:
   • I can't follow your line of reasoning
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Cable
   • Line
   • Transmission line
   Definitions:
   • a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Course
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • a connected series of events or actions or developments
    Examples:
    • The government took a firm course
    • Historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Wrinkle
    • Furrow
    • Crease
    • Crinkle
    • Seam
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
    Examples:
    • His face has many lines
    • Ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Pipeline
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
    Examples:
    • A pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Line
    • Railway line
    • Rail line
    Definitions:
    • the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Telephone line
    • Phone line
    • Telephone circuit
    • Subscriber line
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • a telephone connection
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • acting in conformity
    Examples:
    • In line with
    • He got out of line
    • Toe the line
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Lineage
    • Line
    • Line of descent
    • Descent
    • Bloodline
    • Blood line
    • Blood
    • Pedigree
    • Ancestry
    • Origin
    • Parentage
    • Stemma
    • Stock
    Definitions:
    • the descendants of one individual
    Examples:
    • His entire lineage has been warriors
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
    Examples:
    • A washing line
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Occupation
    • Business
    • Job
    • Line of work
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
    Examples:
    • He's not in my line of business
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • in games or sports
    • a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Channel
    • Communication channel
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • (often plural) a means of communication or access
    Examples:
    • It must go through official channels
    • Lines of communication were set up between the two firms
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Line
    • Product line
    • Line of products
    • Line of merchandise
    • Business line
    • Line of business
    Definitions:
    • a particular kind of product or merchandise
    Examples:
    • A nice line of shoes
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Agate line
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Credit line
    • Line of credit
    • Bank line
    • Line
    • Personal credit line
    • Personal line of credit
    Definitions:
    • the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
    
    
26. Synonyms:
    • Tune
    • Melody
    • Air
    • Strain
    • Melodic line
    • Line
    • Melodic phrase
    Definitions:
    • a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
    Examples:
    • She was humming an air from Beethoven
    
    
27. Synonyms:
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
    Examples:
    • `let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line
    • He has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it
    • That salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk
    
    
28. Synonyms:
    • Note
    • Short letter
    • Line
    • Billet
    Definitions:
    • a short personal letter
    Examples:
    • Drop me a line when you get there
    
    
29. Synonyms:
    • Line
    • Dividing line
    • Demarcation
    • Contrast
    Definitions:
    • a conceptual separation or distinction
    Examples:
    • There is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
    
    
30. Synonyms:
    • Production line
    • Assembly line
    • Line
    Definitions:
    • mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Line
   • Run along
   Definitions:
   • be in line with
   • form a line along
   Examples:
   • Trees line the riverbank
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • cover the interior of
   Examples:
   • Line the gloves
   • Line a chimney
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Trace
   • Draw
   • Line
   • Describe
   • Delineate
   Definitions:
   • make a mark or lines on a surface
   Examples:
   • Draw a line
   • Trace the outline of a figure in the sand
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • mark with lines
   Examples:
   • Sorrow had lined his face
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • fill plentifully
   Examples:
   • Line one's pockets
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Line
   Definitions:
   • reinforce with fabric
   Examples:
   • Lined books are more enduring