limbo plural
lim·bo
The plural form of limbo is limbos
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- noun plural limbo (often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs) 1
- noun plural limbo a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are regarded as being relegated when cast aside, forgotten, past, or out of date: My youthful hopes are in the limbo of lost dreams. 1
- noun plural limbo an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place. 1
- noun plural limbo a place or state of imprisonment or confinement. 1
- noun plural limbo a dance from the West Indies, originally for men only, in which the dancer bends backward from the knees and moves with a shuffling step under a horizontal bar that is lowered after each successive pass. 1