liner

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[ lahy-ner ]
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noun
  1. a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.

  1. Baseball. line drive.

  2. a person or thing that traces by or marks with lines.

Origin of liner

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First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; line1, + -er1

Other definitions for liner (2 of 2)

liner2
[ lahy-ner ]

noun
  1. something serving as a lining.

  2. a protective covering, usually of cardboard, for a phonograph record; album; jacket.

  1. a person who fits or provides linings.

Origin of liner

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First recorded in 1605–15; line2 + -er1

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How to use liner in a sentence

  • 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.

  • No flashing lights denoted the passing of liners, for they were safe in the harbor of the lower levels.

  • He spoke of the fictitious quarries, of the railways on paper, of the chimeric liners disappearing in their own steam.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • They explored almost every known type of ship—freighters, liners, cold-storage boats, and grain-boats.

    The Sargasso of Space | Edmond Hamilton
  • These modern liners are horribly shut in, one might as well be in a drawing-room most of the time.

British Dictionary definitions for liner (1 of 2)

liner1

/ (ˈlaɪnə) /


noun
  1. a passenger ship or aircraft, esp one that is part of a commercial fleet

  1. 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

  2. a person or thing that uses lines, esp in drawing or copying

British Dictionary definitions for liner (2 of 2)

liner2

/ (ˈlaɪnə) /


noun
  1. a material used as a lining

  2. a person who supplies or fits linings

  1. 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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