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sky⋅line

[skahy-lahyn] noun, verb, -lined, -lin⋅ing.
–noun Also, sky line.
1. the boundary line between earth and sky; the apparent horizon: A sail appeared against the skyline.
2. the outline of something, as the buildings of a city, against the sky: the New York skyline.
–verb (used with object)
3. to outline (something) against the sky.

Origin:
1855–60; sky + line 1
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sky·line   (skī'līn')   
n.  
  1. The line along which the surface of the earth and the sky appear to meet; the horizon.

  2. The outline of a group of buildings or a mountain range seen against the sky.

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