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Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈlaɪnə/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪnə(r)|-aɪnə(r)

Etymology 1
From line (verb).

Noun
en-noun

1. Someone who fits a lining to something.

#*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)

1. A removable cover or lining

#: I threw out the trash can liner.

1. The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie

#: Does it have the lyrics in the liner notes?

Etymology 2
From line (noun).

Noun
en-noun

1. A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner
2. nautical a ship of the line
3. baseball A line drive

#: The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.

Translations
trans-top|large passenger carrying ship
Finnish: matkustajalaiva
trans-bottom

trans-top|ship of the line
Romanian: nava de linie f, acoperitoare
trans-bottom

'''liner, lining: inside covering (i.e. a jacket liner)
Turkish: astar

See also
airliner

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• 2007-08-19 08:10 - 16@r - +WP

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