line drawing

noun

A pen or pencil drawing consisting only of solid lines.

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line artdelineationdepictionlimning
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Meanings

nounline drawing (plural line drawings)

plural line drawings

  1. artA pen or pencil drawing consisting only of solid lines.

    Synonyms: line art

  2. USfigurativelylawThe process of establishing a specific boundary, distinction or limit in regard to prescribing the best legal rule.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pen or pencil drawing consisting only of solid lines.

Similar
line art

More synonyms by meaning

nouna drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

Similar
delineationdepictionlimning
Broader
drawing
Also see
delineationdepictionlimningline art

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From line + drawing. First use appears c. 1891. The figurative sense is a deverbal form of the expression draw the line. The exact date of its first appearance is uncertain.

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APA

line drawing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20drawing

MLA

“line drawing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20drawing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “line drawing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20drawing.

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