liner

¹

[lahy-ner]

noun

1. a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.

2. eyeliner.

3. Baseball.,  line drive.

4. a person or thing that traces by or marks with lines. line.

5. ship of the line.

liner

²

[lahy-ner]

noun

1. something serving as a lining. line.

2. a protective covering, usually of cardboard, for a phonograph record; album; jacket.

3. a person who fits or provides linings. lining.

liner

¹

/ ˈlaɪnə /

noun

1. a passenger ship or aircraft, esp one that is part of a commercial fleet

2. See Freightliner

3. Also called: eye liner. a cosmetic used to outline the eyes, consisting of a liquid or cake mixed with water and applied by brush or a grease pencil

4. a person or thing that uses lines, esp in drawing or copying

liner

²

/ ˈlaɪnə /

noun

1. a material used as a lining

2. a person who supplies or fits linings

3. engineering a sleeve, usually of a metal that will withstand wear or corrosion, fixed inside or outside a structural component or vessel

   cylinder liner

Word History and Origins

Origin of liner¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; line ¹, + -er ¹ ( def. )

Origin of liner²

First recorded in 1605–15; line ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"People who come for a weekend are surprised when I hand them a bin liner and say it needs to come back off with them - but no-one comes here to collect the bins."

From BBC

One night, he packed his belongings into a bin liner, stuffed a blanket under his bed sheets to make it look as if he was still sleeping, and crept out of his construction site.

From BBC

Ali Akbar was born in Rawalpindi and made his way to Europe in the late 1960s, arriving first at Amsterdam where he got work on board a cruise liner.

From BBC

But as happened elsewhere in the country, much of L.A.’s public German community went to ground after May 1915, when a German U-boat sank the British ocean liner Lusitania.

From Los Angeles Times

Dressed in beige shorts and a vest with matching mid-calf boots, Lambert wears his trademark glitter eye makeup with thick black liner.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• boat 
• craft 
• ocean liner 
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