How to pronounce “water line”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (shipbuilding) The outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.[1]
• (shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.
• (nautical) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
• The line corresponding to the surface of the water touching any submerged object or body.
• The level at which water meets land along the shore of a body of water.
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water,‎ line.

Practice Nearby Words

waterline, water level, watermark, water-line model, spring line, flowline, springing line, linework, wale, chine, cutwater, gunwale, wing, waistline, shipwork, waterpipe, line tub, water pipe, warp, whaleback, inwale, water column, water carrier, waterboat, wetted area, fairwater, water breaker, weatherboard, washline, woodship, washing line, liner, shipwrightery, shipwrighting, wireline, waterhead, winchline, template, waler, bow wave, waterwork, towline, quilting, clewline, pipeway, water, piping, log reel, warship, water jacket, width, ship railway, heaving line bend, floatboard, waterworks, grainline, transmission line, waterboard, shipwrightry, twiddling line, waterwall, guess warp, shipfitting, welt, needle beam, water core, streamliner, cover, clearer, waterphone, laundry line, weighlock, working drawing, float board, wall, windrow, woolding, lade, turret deck, winding, boatmaking, trim, watercourse, trackwork, raceway, wash, weight, waterstream, link, wave, water-race, water glass, whelm, water wing, flatrod, traveller, water-breaker, casing, water tower, winding hole

Similar Sounds

waterline, water line, waterloo, white line, water hen, wireline, watering, water gun, waterman, waterless, watertown, waterlog, watling, water main, watermen, whorling, warling, waitron, water can, shoreline, hotline, hot line, hot-line, interline, esterline, enterline, wattling, hairline, hair line, watermelon, warren, watery, waistline, watermellon, waterway, wallin, whittling, white lie, powerline, wallen, power line, white wine, woodlawn, weightroom, watered down, marline, whitlam, walloon, wittering, water balloon, walin, white lines, waterson, warplane, warly, waterlily, watton, water way, warrin, water down, water lily, water ice, whitling, warley, waitering, water melon, water flea, water witch, weight room, wore on, water flow, water gum, white lion, white rhino, white room, witling, water lilly, wateree, waiting line, water-melon, watery eyes, warland, water lemon, waterie, charlyne, wall in, wallon, water plant, westerling, white rum, harlan, harlin, centerline, chatline, chitterling, city line, center line, chat line, maudeline, feeder line