service line

serv·ice line

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sur-vis lahyn]
- /ˈsɜr vɪs laɪn/
- /ˈsɜːvɪs laɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sur-vis lahyn]
- /ˈsɜr vɪs laɪn/

Definitions of service line words

noun service line Tennis. the rear boundary of a service court. 1
noun service line a line running parallel to the front wall in certain court games, as handball or squash, that marks a boundary of the service area. 1
noun service line tennis: boundary marking 1
noun service line the line at the back of the court behind which the server must stand when serving 0
noun service line a line indicating the boundary of a permissible service, as on the backwall of a squash court 0
noun service line the line marking the front of the zone within which the server must stand 0

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Origin of service line

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Service line

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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service line popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

service line usage trend in Literature

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