Word.ws English Dictionary

state line

UK/ˈsteɪt laɪn/US/ˈsteɪt ˌlaɪn/

state line noun: the border between two states in the United States of America.

Noun

state line (plural state lines)

  1. (US, idiomatic) The border between two states in the United States of America.
    • For thirty-one years, Susan has personally searched for her daughter. Getting on planes and driving across state lines to meet with shady organised-crime figures who claimed to know something.2026 July 29, Nicholas Muhoro, “Amy Billig Vanished While Hitchhiking Through Coconut Grove. Then the Calls Began”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026

Forms of state line

pluralstate lines

Origin of state line

From state + line.

Words that rhyme with state line

Questions about state line

What does state line mean?
State line means the border between two states in the United States of America.
What part of speech is state line?
State line is a noun.
How do you pronounce state line?
State line is pronounced /ˈsteɪt laɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of state line?
The plural of state line is state lines.

Words near state line in the dictionary

  1. state house
  2. state houses
  3. state it
  4. state law
  5. state laws
  6. state line
  7. state lines
  8. state liquor agencies
  9. state liquor agency
  10. state machine
  11. state machines

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: state line (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “state line.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/state_line. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.