liner

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see also: LINER, Liner

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlaɪnə/

Noun

liner (plural liners)

1. Someone who fits a lining to something.

   a liner of shoes

   • 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)
2. A removable cover or lining

   I threw out the trash can liner.

3. The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie

   Does it have the lyrics in the liner notes?

4. 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.
5. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
6. formal no show sock

Noun

liner (plural liners)

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.

4. (marketing, slang)  A basic salesperson.
5. (in combination)  Something with a specified number of lines.
   • 2005, G. J. H. Van Gelder, Close Relationships (page 130)

     the following three-liner by an unknown poet

Translations

• Russian: ла́йнер
• Spanish: transatlántico

Translations

• Russian: ре́йсовый парохо́д
• Spanish: barco de línea

Translations

• Spanish: forro

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LINER

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Noun

liner (plural liners)

1. (initialism) low ionization nuclear emission line region

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Liner

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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