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Twilight zone Common

Twilight zone has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach

2

the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)

"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"

3

A region or context located in between others and therefore not subject to their norms.

4

A region in which surreal, supernatural, or fantastic events occur.

Verb
1

To put or place into an indeterminate position; to be in an ambiguous, undetermined, or improper context.

2

To experience or perceive something bizarre or fantastic.

Example Sentences
"but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal" noun
"in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity" noun
"in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ocean floor ambiguity
Rhyming Words
one done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone hone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone
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