service line

noun

: a line marked on a court in various games (such as handball or tennis) parallel to the front wall or to the net to mark a boundary of the service area or service court

Examples of service line in a Sentence

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Harel, who routinely buys towels and other products from Amazon for her business, said her team reached out to the company’s customer service line. Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 Unknown service line materials: SWBNO does not have a record of the water service line material. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024 Investigators determined that a Columbia office building had filled with natural gas after a faulty electrical service line beneath the parking lot damaged a gas line leading to the building in 2019. Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024 Milwaukee: more than $30 million to replace lead service lines. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for service line 

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of service line was in 1875

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“Service line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20line. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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