Liner

//ˈlaɪnɚ// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who fits a lining to something.

    "a liner of shoes"

  2. 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. 3
    low ionization nuclear emission line region initialism
  4. 4
    (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter wordnet
  5. 5
    A removable cover or lining.

    "I threw out the trash can liner."

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  1. 6
    A ship of the line.
  2. 7
    a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) wordnet
  3. 8
    The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.

    "liner notes"

  4. 9
    A line drive.

    "The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot."

  5. 10
    a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment wordnet
  6. 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.
  7. 12
    A basic salesperson. slang
  8. 13
    a protective covering that protects an inside surface wordnet
  9. 14
    A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
  10. 15
    Something with a specified number of lines. in-compounds

    "the following three-liner by an unknown poet"

  11. 16
    A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
  12. 17
    A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.

    "94 liner"

  13. 18
    A formal no-show sock.
  14. 19
    Ellipsis of penny-a-liner. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  15. 20
    A pantyliner.
Verb
  1. 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. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
liningairplanebushbushingdoublingdoublure

Example

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"A luxury liner arrived in the harbor."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From line (verb) + -er.

Etymology 2

From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).

Related phrases

bin linerbottom linercargo linercruise linerdiaper linerhard-linerliner cardliner lockliner noteslip linernappy linerocean liner

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