English noun: no man's land | |||
| 1. | no man's land (location) an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area, country | ||
| 2. | no man's land (possession) land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | land | ||
| 3. | no man's land (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 | twilight zone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ambiguity, equivocalness | ||