English noun: twilight zone | |||
1. | twilight zone (object) the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed | ||
2. | twilight zone (attribute) the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both) | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | no man's land | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ambiguity, equivocalness | ||