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line drawing

line drawing noun: a pen or pencil drawing consisting only of solid lines.

line drawing: a pen or pencil drawing consisting only of solid lines
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Noun

line drawing (plural line drawings)

  1. A pen or pencil drawing consisting only of solid lines.
    Synonyms:
    line art
  2. (US, figuratively) The process of establishing a specific boundary, distinction or limit in regard to prescribing the best legal rule.

line drawing meaning in Tamil

line drawing in Tamil

கோட்டோவியம், வரைகோட்டுப் படம்

Synonyms of line drawing

Forms of line drawing

pluralline drawings

Origin of line drawing

From line + drawing. First use appears c. 1891. The figurative sense is a deverbal form of the expression draw the line. The exact date of its first appearance is uncertain.

Questions about line drawing

What does line drawing mean?
Line drawing means a pen or pencil drawing consisting only of solid lines.
What is line drawing in Tamil?
Line drawing in Tamil is கோட்டோவியம், வரைகோட்டுப் படம். See Line drawing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is line drawing?
Line drawing is a noun.
What is the plural of line drawing?
The plural of line drawing is line drawings.

Words near line drawing in the dictionary

  1. line dances
  2. line dancing
  3. line defect
  4. line doubler
  5. line doublers
  6. line drawing
  7. line drawings
  8. line drawn in water
  9. line drawn on water
  10. line drive
  11. line drives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: line drawing (page history and authors); line drawing (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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