Noun: limbo lim-bow
- (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
"The concept of limbo was a topic of theological debate"
- An imaginary place for lost or neglected things
"Old family photos often end up in limbo, forgotten in dusty attics"
- The state of being disregarded or forgotten
"The project was stuck in limbo, neither approved nor rejected";
- oblivion
Derived forms: limbos
Type of: fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place, obscurity
Encyclopedia: Limbo, Panto