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dropline

dropline noun: a long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.

Noun

dropline (plural droplines)

  1. A long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.

Forms of dropline

pluraldroplines

Origin of dropline

From drop + line.

Questions about dropline

What does dropline mean?
Dropline means a long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.
What part of speech is dropline?
Dropline is a noun.
What is the plural of dropline?
The plural of dropline is droplines.

Words near dropline in the dictionary

  1. droplets
  2. droplifting
  3. droplight
  4. droplights
  5. droplike
  6. dropline
  7. droplines
  8. droplist
  9. droplists
  10. droplock
  11. droplocks

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