liner
/ˈlaɪnɚ/
liner noun: someone who fits a lining to something. Also the ellipsis of penny-a-liner.
Noun (1)
liner (plural liners)
- Someone who fits a lining to something.
- a liner of shoes
- A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly.1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 41
- A removable cover or lining.
- I threw out the trash can liner.
- Lane Coutell, in a Burberry raincoat that apparently had a wool liner buttoned into it, was one of the six or seven boys out on the open platform.1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 3
- The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
- 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 similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
- A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
- A formal no-show sock.
- A pantyliner.
Verb
liner (third-person singular simple present liners, present participle linering, simple past and past participle linered)
Noun (2)
liner (plural liners)
- A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
- With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner.1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49
- He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 9
- A ship of the line.
- A line drive.
- The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.
- A basic salesperson.
- Something with a specified number of lines.
- the following three-liner by an unknown poet2005, G. J. H. Van Gelder, Close Relationships, page 130
- A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.
- 94 liner
Noun (3) capitalized: LINER
LINER (plural LINERs)
- Abbreviation of low ionization nuclear emission line region
Proper noun capitalized: Liner
Liner (plural Liners)
- A surname.
Also used as
liner is also the ellipsis of penny-a-liner.
liner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
liner in Hindi
- लाइनर, लैनर
liner in Tamil
- லைனர்
liner in Marathi
- लाइनर, लाईनर
liner in Urdu
- لائنر
More languagesFewer languages
- liner in Bengali
- লাইনার
- liner in Telugu
- లైనర్
- liner in Malayalam
- ലൈനർ
- liner in Kannada
- ಲೈನರ್
- liner in Punjabi
- ਲਾਈਨਰ, ਲਾਇਨਰ
- liner in Gujarati
- લાઇનર, લાઈનર
- liner in Odia
- ଲାଇନର୍
- liner in Nepali
- लाइनर, लाईनर
Examples of liner in a sentence
- Jones snared the liner and then stepped on the bag to double up the runner.
- Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
- The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.
Forms of liner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | liners |
| plural | LINERs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | liners |
| present participle | linering |
| past participle | linered |
| past | linered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Liners |
Origin of liner
From line (verb) + -er.
From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).
Words formed from liner
- bedliner
- bin liner
- bottom liner
- diaper liner
- eyeliner
- hard-liner
- headliner
- linerboard
- liner card
- liner lock
- liner notes
- lip liner
- lipliner
- nappy liner
- one-liner
- panty liner
- poncho liner
- pond liner
- section liner
- soft-liner
- trainer liner
- underliner
- unlinered
- zip-liner
- zip liner
- interliner
- linerless
- binliner
- blueliner
- cargo liner
- commuterliner
- cruise liner
- feederliner
- jetliner
- ocean liner
- passenger liner
- starliner
- steamliner
- superliner
Phrases with liner
Words that rhyme with liner
Questions about liner
- What does liner mean?
- Liner means someone who fits a lining to something.
- What is liner in Hindi?
- Liner in Hindi is लाइनर, लैनर. See Liner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is liner?
- Liner can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce liner?
- Liner is pronounced /ˈlaɪnɚ/.
- What is the plural of liner?
- The plural of liner is liners.
Words near liner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: liner (page history and authors); LINER (page history and authors); Liner (page history and authors); liner (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liner (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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