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receiving line
noun
: a group of family members and friends who stand in line at a wedding, funeral, or other formal occasion to welcome or greet guests and receive their good wishes, their sympathy, etc.
Full Definition of RECEIVING LINE
: a group of people who stand in a line and individually welcome guests (as at a wedding reception)
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First Known Use of RECEIVING LINE
1933
Rhymes with RECEIVING LINE
accipitrine, adamantine, adulterine, alexandrine, amaranthine, assembly line, attention line, Australian pine, Austrian pine, count palatine, die on the vine, elephantine, fall into line, fortified wine, graphic design, heterodyne, labyrinthine, lateral line, loblolly pine, Monterey pine, poverty line, production line, Schleswig-Holstein, sweetheart neckline, top-of-the-line
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