liner1

[lahy-ner] /ˈlaɪ nər/
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.
5.
ship of the line.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English; see line1, -er1

liner2

[lahy-ner] /ˈlaɪ nər/
noun
1.
something serving as a lining.
2.
a protective covering, usually of cardboard, for a phonograph record; album; jacket.
3.
a person who fits or provides linings.
Origin
1605-15; line2 + -er1
Examples from the web for liner
  • Accompanying the records were some highly peculiar liner notes.
  • It suggested, in size and silhouette, a cruise liner more than a cargo vessel.
  • They can be thousands of times bigger than boreal bergs, closer to the size of a small state than a large ocean liner.
  • Too bad the perfect one-liner had already been used.
  • And the helmet has an inflatable liner in the side and back for a custom fit.
  • It could have been liner notes, if there were such a thing these days, you know.
  • It was so exciting to go to the record shop and buy a piece of vinyl and hold it, read the liner notes, look at the pictures.
  • Amateur video shows water rushing into doomed cruise liner.
  • Another possible transportation option is to book your group on a cruise liner with special group discounts.
  • After a curtain call, he tossed his helmet liner into the stands.
British Dictionary definitions for liner

liner1

/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

liner2

/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 Origin and History for liner
n.

"ship belonging to a shipping line," 1838, from line (n.) on notion of a succession of ships plying between ports along regular "lines." Line in this sense first attested 1786 in reference to stagecoaches. Cosmetics sense first recorded 1926, short for eye-liner. The type of baseball hit was so called from 1874 (line drive attested from 1899).

"person who fits a lining to," 1610s, agent noun from line (v.1). Meaning "thing serving as a lining" is from 1869. Liner notes in a record album are attested from 1953.

Slang definitions & phrases for liner

liner

Related Terms

headliner, one-liner