Limbo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural lim·bos.
  1. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants ) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers, or limbo of the patriarchs ).
  2. a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are regarded as being relegated when cast aside, forgotten, past, or out of date: My youthful hopes are in the limbo of lost dreams.
  3. an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place.
  4. a place or state of imprisonment or confinement.
noun, plural lim·bos.
  1. a dance from the West Indies, originally for men only, in which the dancer bends backward from the knees and moves with a shuffling step under a horizontal bar that is lowered after each successive pass.
noun plural -bos
  1. the supposed abode of infants dying without baptism and the just who died before Christ
  2. an imaginary place for lost, forgotten, or unwanted persons or things
  3. an unknown intermediate place or condition between two extremes
  4. a prison or confinement
noun plural -bos
  1. a Caribbean dance in which dancers pass, while leaning backwards, under a bar
Limbo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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