Complete Definition of "liner"

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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�laɪn�/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪn�(r)|-aɪn�(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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