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lines of contact

lines of contact is the plural of line of contact.

Meaning of line of contact

Noun

line of contact (plural lines of contact)

  1. The demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent.
    • Both sides face off along a fixed 250-mile “border”, or line of contact, which snakes across Ukraine’s Donbas region.2021 December 10, Luke Harding, “‘Nobody wants to be Putin’s slave’: on the Ukraine frontline as tensions rise”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    contact line

Questions about lines of contact

What is lines of contact the plural of?
Lines of contact is the plural of line of contact.

Words near lines of contact in the dictionary

  1. lines of beauty
  2. lines of best fit
  3. lines of Blaschko
  4. lines of business
  5. lines of centers
  6. lines of contact
  7. lines of country
  8. lines of credit
  9. lines of dance
  10. lines of dip
  11. lines of duty

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