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Definition: BEE LINE

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Extended Definition: BEE LINE


Bee line

A bee line means taking the shortest route ("As the crow flies"):

  • Beeline, a method for locating a feral bee hive.

variations including B Line, often refer to transportation:

  • 95 B-Line/97 B-Line/98 B-Line/99 B-Line, bus lines in Greater Vancouver, Canada
  • B (New York City Subway service), a subway line in New York
  • Bee-Line Bus System of Westchester County, New York, United States
  • Bee Line Buzz Company, a former bus operator in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Bee Line Expressway, Florida State Road 528 east of Orlando in the United States
  • Beeline Highway, Arizona State Route 87 in the United States
  • Bee Line Railroad, a railway in western Indiana, United States; serving Warren County and Benton County
  • B-Line, a public transit system in Butte County, California, United States
  • B-Line (Norfolk Southern), a freight railway line in Virginia
  • Green Line "B" Branch, a streetcar line in Boston
  • Vogelfluglinie road/rail and ferry route between Hamburg (Germany) and Copenhagen (Denmark)

and other meanings:

  • Beeline (telecommunications) (Билайн), a Russian mobile telephone company
  • B Line (song), a track on Lamb's album Fear of Fours
  • Cooper B-Line, a division of Cooper Industries that manufactures support systems and enclosures used in mechanical and electrical trades.
  • Vermilion snapper, a species of fish

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bee Line". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: BEE LINE

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Bee Line Railroad 9     Bee Line Railroad 9

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Translations: BEE LINE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya أقرب المسالك (bee line), على طول (along, bee line, for ever, over, right), خط مباشر (bee line, direct line). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha أقرب المسالك (bee line), على طول (along, bee line, for ever, over, right), خط مباشر (bee line, direct line). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic أقرب المسالك (bee line), على طول (along, bee line, for ever, over, right), خط مباشر (bee line, direct line). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese caminho mais curto (bee line, shortcut). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian linie dreaptã (bee line, direct line, right line, straight). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Français tout droit (straight, straight ahead, right, right on, all along the line). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
French tout droit (straight, straight ahead, right, right on, all along the line). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Fula cir (straight ahead, all along the line, at once, bee line, dead straight). Additional references: Fula, West Africa, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew קו ישר (bee line). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic أقرب المسالك (bee line), على طول (along, bee line, for ever, over, right), خط مباشر (bee line, direct line). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian nyílegyenesen megy valahova (bee line), nyílegyenes vonal (bee line), légvonal (bee line, Bee-line). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit קו ישר (bee line). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Kisuaheli moja kwa moja (at once, straight ahead, without delay, directly, straight). Additional references: Kisuaheli, Tanzania, Burundi, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Kiswahili moja kwa moja (at once, straight ahead, without delay, directly, straight). Additional references: Kiswahili, Tanzania, Burundi, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar nyílegyenesen megy valahova (bee line), nyílegyenes vonal (bee line), légvonal (bee line, Bee-line). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Marseillais tout dre (straight ahead, all along the line, at once, bee line, dead straight). Additional references: Marseillais, France, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian linie dreaptã (bee line, direct line, right line, straight). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese caminho mais curto (bee line, shortcut). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian linie dreaptã (bee line, direct line, right line, straight). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian linie dreaptã (bee line, direct line, right line, straight). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Sakalava mahitsy fo (straight ahead, all along the line, at once, bee line, dead straight). Additional references: Sakalava, Madagascar, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) pravo (charter, directly, franchise, absolutely, along), prava linija kroz vazduh (bee line). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Swahili moja kwa moja (at once, straight ahead, without delay, directly, straight). Additional references: Swahili, Tanzania, Burundi, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian найкоротша відстань між двома точками (bee line). Additional references: Ukrainian, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) naykorotsha vіdstanʹ mіzh dvoma tochkami (bee line). Additional references: Ukrainian, bee line. (volunteer & more translations)
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