What does "liner" mean?
Someone who fits a lining to something.
Liner
/ˈlaɪnɚ/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Someone who fits a lining to something.
- Grammar: liner is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: lining, ocean liner, airplane, bush.
- Useful contrasts: cargo vessel, exterior, freighter.
- Usage evidence: A luxury liner arrived in the harbor.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who fits a lining to something.
"a liner of shoes"
- 2 A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
"With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner."
- 3 low ionization nuclear emission line region initialism
- 4 (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter wordnet
- 5 A removable cover or lining.
"I threw out the trash can liner."
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- 6 A ship of the line.
- 7 a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) wordnet
- 8 The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
"liner notes"
- 9 A line drive.
"The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot."
- 10 a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment wordnet
- 11 A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
- 12 A basic salesperson. slang
- 13 a protective covering that protects an inside surface wordnet
- 14 A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
- 15 Something with a specified number of lines. in-compounds
"the following three-liner by an unknown poet"
- 16 A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
- 17 A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.
"94 liner"
- 18 A formal no-show sock.
- 19 Ellipsis of penny-a-liner. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 20 A pantyliner.
Verb
- 1 To fit a cylinder liner. transitive
"They have a common chassis, except that the cylinders, 20 in. diameter in the Class "7", are linered down to 19½ in. in the Class "6"."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
"A luxury liner arrived in the harbor."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "liner"?
Common synonyms include: lining, ocean liner, airplane, bush, bushing, casings.
How do you use "liner" in a sentence?
A luxury liner arrived in the harbor.
How do you pronounce "liner"?
Pronounced /ˈlaɪnɚ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From line (verb) + -er.
Etymology 2
From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).