the waterline
noun
: the level that water reaches on the side of a ship
We repaired the hull below the waterline.
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The nuclear icebreaker was damaged on the port bow above the waterline.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
These subtle enhancements are typically a baby wing with a black pigment or even a deep chocolate brown along the waterline.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Two shell doors, one on either side of the ship, fold out to create an intimate seating platform above the waterline.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Small patches of land that were underwater 70 years ago are now above the waterline—and can even be used to cut up their catches of fish.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
These subtle enhancements are typically a baby wing with a black pigment or even a deep chocolate brown along the waterline.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Two shell doors, one on either side of the ship, fold out to create an intimate seating platform above the waterline.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Small patches of land that were underwater 70 years ago are now above the waterline—and can even be used to cut up their catches of fish.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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“The waterline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20waterline. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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