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ziplines

ziplines is the plural of zipline.

ziplines is the present participle of zipline.

Meaning of zipline

Noun

zipline (plural ziplines)

  1. A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity.
    • Outside the county towns of Lushui, Fugong, and Gongshan, few bridges span the Nu River Gorge, and most villagers cross the river by zipline cables or suspended footbridges to transport their crops or livestock to market. It is not uncommon to see sheep or cattle nervously thrashing about as they...2014, Bryan Tilt, Dams and Development in China: The Moral Economy of Water and Power, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 92
  2. A trip on a zipline.

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Questions about ziplines

What is ziplines the plural of?
Ziplines is the plural of zipline.

Words near ziplines in the dictionary

  1. ziplike
  2. zipline
  3. ziplined
  4. zipliner
  5. zipliners
  6. ziplines
  7. ziplining
  8. ziploc
  9. ziplock
  10. ziplocked
  11. ziplocking

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