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
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Other definitions for liner (2 of 2)
Origin of liner
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How to use liner in a sentence
If you don’t think your bag can hack it on its own, slip it inside another bag, or use a sleeping bag liner for a double layer of warmth.
How to stay warm while sleeping in the frigid outdoors | Alisha McDarris | February 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI usually won’t switch to a lightweight or liner glove until temps are well into the 40s and I’m traveling uphill.
That’s why Patagonia wisely included a thin nylon mitten that folds out of the cuff of these liner gloves and covers your fingers.
My Favorite Winter Gloves for Various Activities | Jakob Schiller | February 3, 2021 | Outside OnlineIf being used in extreme cold, we recommend using these as a glove liner.
Best winter gloves: Our picks for touch screen gloves, ski gloves, and more | PopSci Commerce Team | February 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe Dakota is made from a thick, stretchy woven nylon shell, backed by a heavy bonded fleece liner, so they’re not only extremely durable but also extremely warm.
Opposite is a red-brick monastery leaning like an ocean liner in the snow.
Pick up records from that time and chances are Hentoff wrote the liner notes.
The senior Senator was, as usual, highly disciplined, avoiding the substance of some questions with one-liner talking points.
Meet the Sports Host Who Could Decide the McConnell-Grimes Matchup | Jonathan Miller | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe purchased two first-class tickets on the France, a luxury liner passage to England, for his new girlfriend and himself.
Mary, Queen of Scots on Reign is more likely pop off a bustier than a one-liner.
Northward, toward the Pole, were liner lanes in the higher levels, but here was a deserted sector.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousComing alongside the crushed hull of the interplanetary liner, we made an inspection of its position.
Spacewrecked on Venus | Neil R. JonesHe and the others now floated as smoothly as though under water toward a wrecked liner at the Pallas' right.
The Sargasso of Space | Edmond Hamilton"Let's get back and let them know about it," Liggett urged, and they climbed back out of the liner.
The Sargasso of Space | Edmond HamiltonIt seemed that some months before he had been a purser on an East Indian liner.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon | Newell Dwight Hillis
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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