lining
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ
Noun
[edit]lining (plural linings)
- A covering for the inside surface of something.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
- 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
- As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
- The material used for such a covering.
- The act of attaching such a covering.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]covering for the inside of something
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material used for inside covering
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act of attaching an inside covering
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Verb
[edit]lining
- present participle and gerund of line
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[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]lining f (plural lininga)
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