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lino

/ˈlaɪnəʊ/

lino is the clipping of linoleum.

lino is the abbreviation of linesman.

Meaning of linoleum

Noun

linoleum (countable and uncountable, plural linoleums)

  1. An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.
    • The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi
    Synonyms:
    lino

Meaning of linesman

Noun

linesman (plural linesmen)

  1. An assistant referee.
    • A linesman replaced injured referee Rebecca Welch after 50 minutes and with no other official present, qualified referee Pattison, 60, ran the line.2015 November 18, “Steven Pattison: Carlisle United director runs line in FA Youth Cup”, in BBC Sport
  2. (dated) A male line judge.
  3. An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.
  4. An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation.
  5. A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.
  6. A private in the line.

Noun capitalized: LINO

LINO (plural LINOs)

  1. (US, abbreviation, acronym, derogatory) Acronym of Libertarian in name only, typically used by libertarian members of the U.S. Libertarian Party to describe Libertarians whose views perceived as insufficiently libertarian.
    • As Glenn Beck was bashing Sarvis as a GPS-installing LINO on his show,,^([sic]) his muckraking journalists at TheBlaze "revealed" that Sarvis was "bankrolled" by an "Obama bundler."2014 March 8, John Vaught Labeaume, “No Thanks, CPAC. This Libertarian Won't Attend a Conservative Love-Fest.”, in Reason, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022

Forms of lino

plurallinos
pluralLINOs

Origin of lino

Clipping of linoleum, probably influenced by -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Contraction of linesman + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Modelled after RINO (“Republican in name only”).

Words formed from lino

Words that rhyme with lino

Questions about lino

What is lino the clipping of?
Lino is the clipping of linoleum.
What part of speech is lino?
Lino is a noun.
How do you pronounce lino?
Lino is pronounced /ˈlaɪnəʊ/.
What is the plural of lino?
The plural of lino is linos.

Words near lino in the dictionary

  1. linnow
  2. linns
  3. linny
  4. Linnæan
  5. Linné
  6. lino
  7. linoblock
  8. linoblocks
  9. linocut
  10. linocuts
  11. linocutter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lino (page history and authors); LINO (page history and authors); linoleum (page history and authors); linesman (page history and authors). 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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