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bee-line

bee-line is the alternative spelling of beeline.

Meaning of beeline

Noun

beeline (plural beelines)

  1. A very direct or quick path or trip.
    • to make / strike a beeline for / to something
  2. (historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

See all 3 meanings of beeline

Forms of bee-line

Noun
pluralbee-lines
Verb
third-person singular presentbee-lines
present participlebee-lining
past participlebee-lined
pastbee-lined

Questions about bee-line

What is bee-line the alternative spelling of?
Bee-line is the alternative spelling of beeline.

Words near bee-line in the dictionary

  1. bee-eaters
  2. bee-hive
  3. bee-hives
  4. bee-keeper
  5. bee-keepers
  6. bee-line
  7. bee-lines
  8. bee-master
  9. bee-mistress
  10. bee-mother
  11. bee-sting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bee-line (page history and authors); beeline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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