liner
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From line (verb).
Noun [edit]
liner (plural liners)
- Someone who fits a lining to something.
- a liner of shoes
- 1973, A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 41)
- A removable cover or lining
- I threw out the trash can liner.
- The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie
- Does it have the lyrics in the liner notes?
- 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.
- A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
Etymology 2 [edit]
From line (noun).
Noun [edit]
liner (plural liners)
- A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner
- (nautical) a ship of the line
- (baseball) A line drive
- The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.
- (marketing, slang) A basic salesperson
- (in combination) Something with a specified number of lines.
- 2005, G. J. H. Van Gelder, Close Relationships (page 130)
- the following three-liner by an unknown poet
- 2005, G. J. H. Van Gelder, Close Relationships (page 130)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
large passenger carrying ship
ship of the line
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