liner
1a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
Baseball. line drive.
a person or thing that traces by or marks with lines.
Origin of liner
1Other definitions for liner (2 of 2)
Origin of liner
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How to use liner in a sentence
The 65-year-old general, a former top Gaddafi-era military commander, has pledged to rid Libya of Islamist hard-liners.
For people like Woodward who look different than the norm, these kinds of awkward first-liners are a fact of life.
Disabled Woman Tackles the Dating Site Trolls | Elizabeth Heideman | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe ran the gamut with physical humor and dished out droll, self-deprecating one-liners.
The quick-cut trailer suggests a soft-core romp with dramatic intrigue and wry one-liners.
French Political Sex Movie About DSK Sets Cannes Aquiver | Tracy McNicoll | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlso back is that impeccable writing, packed with all the weird, wonderful one-liners that fans fell in love with last season.
‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season Two Is More Bingeworthy Than the First | Kevin Fallon | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The big ocean liners lashed to port and starboard cut us off from air as well as light and one of them is loaded with Cheddar.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonNo flashing lights denoted the passing of liners, for they were safe in the harbor of the lower levels.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousHe spoke of the fictitious quarries, of the railways on paper, of the chimeric liners disappearing in their own steam.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetThey explored almost every known type of ship—freighters, liners, cold-storage boats, and grain-boats.
The Sargasso of Space | Edmond HamiltonThese modern liners are horribly shut in, one might as well be in a drawing-room most of the time.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. Mitton
British Dictionary definitions for liner (1 of 2)
/ (ˈlaɪnə) /
a passenger ship or aircraft, esp one that is part of a commercial fleet
See Freightliner
Also called: eye liner a cosmetic used to outline the eyes, consisting of a liquid or cake mixed with water and applied by brush or a grease pencil
a person or thing that uses lines, esp in drawing or copying
British Dictionary definitions for liner (2 of 2)
/ (ˈlaɪnə) /
a material used as a lining
a person who supplies or fits linings
engineering a sleeve, usually of a metal that will withstand wear or corrosion, fixed inside or outside a structural component or vessel: cylinder liner
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