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interliner

interliner noun: a protective layer between an external cover and a filling, especially as a fire barrier.

Noun (1)

interliner (plural interliners)

  1. A protective layer between an external cover and a filling, especially as a fire barrier.

Noun (2)

interliner (plural interliners)

  1. A passenger whose journey involves changing from one airline to another.
    • Whilst one quarter of Heathrow's traffic in 2001 was composed of interliners, at Manchester less than two and a half per cent of passengers were changing planes the airport^([sic]). Yet both airports serve around 170 destinations worldwide […]2003, Simon Bishop, Tony Grayling, The Sky's the Limit: Policies for Sustainable Aviation, page 35

Forms of interliner

pluralinterliners

Origin of interliner

From inter- + liner.

From interline + -er.

Questions about interliner

What does interliner mean?
Interliner means a protective layer between an external cover and a filling, especially as a fire barrier.
What part of speech is interliner?
Interliner is a noun.
What is the plural of interliner?
The plural of interliner is interliners.

Words near interliner in the dictionary

  1. interlineates
  2. interlineating
  3. interlineation
  4. interlineations
  5. interlined
  6. interliner
  7. interliners
  8. interlines
  9. interlingua
  10. interlingual
  11. interlingual machine translation

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