lining
/ˈlaɪnɪŋ/
lining noun: a covering for the inside surface of something. Also the present participle and gerund of line.
Noun
lining (plural linings)
- A covering for the inside surface of something.
- 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.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- 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.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 material used for such a covering.
- The act of attaching such a covering.
Also used as
lining is also the present participle and gerund of line.
lining meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lining in Hindi
- अस्तर, लाइनिंग
lining in Tamil
- லைனிங்
lining in Marathi
- अस्तर, अस्तरे
lining in Urdu
- لائننگ
More languagesFewer languages
- lining in Bengali
- আস্তরণ, অস্তর
- lining in Telugu
- లైనింగ్
- lining in Malayalam
- ലൈനിംഗ്
- lining in Kannada
- ಲೈನಿಂಗ್
- lining in Gujarati
- અસ્તર
- lining in Odia
- ଅସ୍ତର, ଆସ୍ତରଣ
- lining in Nepali
- अस्तर, लाइनिङ, अस्तरमा
- lining in Arabic
- بِطَانَة biṭāna
Examples of lining in a sentence
- The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
- Do you prefer bent solid linings or kerfings in your guitar? If kerfings, would you like regular or reversed kerfing?
- Punding may consist of activities such as collecting pebbles and lining them up as perfectly as possible, or disassembling doorknobs and putting them back together again.
Forms of lining
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Words formed from lining
Phrases with lining
Words that rhyme with lining
Questions about lining
- What does lining mean?
- Lining means a covering for the inside surface of something.
- What is lining in Hindi?
- Lining in Hindi is अस्तर, लाइनिंग. See Lining meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lining?
- Lining is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lining?
- Lining is pronounced /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of lining?
- The plural of lining is linings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lining (page history and authors); lining (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lining (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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