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overhead lines

overhead lines is the plural of overhead line.

Meaning of overhead line

Noun

overhead line (plural overhead lines)

  1. A wire or cable, suspended between poles or by a catenary, used to provide trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity.
    • The outage happened at 5.25pm between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations, after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity pole, meeting its demise as it attempted to slither along the overhead line. Power was not restored until after 7pm.2025 May 1, Gavin Blair, “Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    overhead power line

Questions about overhead lines

What is overhead lines the plural of?
Overhead lines is the plural of overhead line.

Words near overhead lines in the dictionary

  1. overhead fan
  2. overhead fans
  3. overhead kick
  4. overhead kicks
  5. overhead line
  6. overhead lines
  7. overhead press
  8. overhead presses
  9. overhead projector
  10. overhead projectors
  11. overhead restaurant

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