Meaning
- (noun) A line at the side of something.
- (noun) Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item. “She started the business as a sideline to her regular work and it ended up becoming the greater source of income.”
- (noun) A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
- (noun) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field.
- (noun) Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline. “The coach stood on the sidelines and bellowed commands at the team.”
- (noun) The outside or perimeter of any activity. “She installed the whole fixture while he simply watched from the sidelines.”
- (noun) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
- (verb) To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play. “The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength.”
- (verb) To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus. “The illness sidelined him for weeks.”
Letter breakdown
- Sidelines contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Words from these letters
- idleness
- sideline
- diesels
- endless
- insides
- linseed
- denies
- diesel
- elides
- inside
- lenses
- lessen
- senile
- sensed
- sidles
- slides
- delis
- dense
- dines
- elide
- idles
- isles
- lends
- liens
- lined
- lines
- needs
- seeds
- sends
- sense
- sides
- sidle
- sleds
- slide
- snide
- deli
- dens
- dies
- dine
- dins
- diss
- eels
- else
- ends
- ides
- idle
- isle
- lees
- leis
- lend
- lens
- less
- lids
- lied
- lien
- lies
- line
- need
- seed
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with SID
- side
- sidearm
- sidearms
- sidebar
- sidebars
- sideboard
- sideboards
- sideburns
- sidecar
- sidecars
- sided
- sidekick
- sidekicks
- sidelight
- sidelights
- sideline
- sidelined
- sidelining
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Words ending with NES
Reader questions
What does Sidelines mean?
A line at the side of something.
How many letters are in Sidelines?
Sidelines has 9 letters.
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