NO MAN'S LAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does no man's land mean?
• NO MAN'S LAND (noun)
The noun NO MAN'S LAND has 3 senses:
1. an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies
2. land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)
3. the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
Familiarity information: NO MAN'S LAND used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NO MAN'S LAND (noun)
Meaning:
An unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("no man's land" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
Meaning:
Land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("no man's land" is a kind of...):
land (the land on which real estate is located)
Meaning:
The ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
twilight zone; no man's land
Context examples:
but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal / in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity / in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression
Hypernyms ("no man's land" is a kind of...):
ambiguity; equivocalness (unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning)
