English Explanatory Dictionary

blackline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A document indicating the differences between two versions of another document.
  2. A line of deliberately burned material created to stop the advance of a larger fire.
verb
  1. To compare versions of (a document) by this method.

Word forms

blackline blacklines blacklining blacklined

Etymology

From black + line; compare redline, greenline.

Related words

blackline tilefish
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