Liner Meaning
/ˈlaɪnɚ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone who fits a lining to something.
nounA removable cover or lining.
Sentence Examples
The liner called at Hong Kong.
A luxury liner arrived in the harbor.
The liner will call at Kobe on Tuesday.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Every summer, a huge ocean ____ transports thousands of passengers across the Atlantic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The massive ocean ____ sailed across the Atlantic, carrying thousands of travelers to their destination.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Middle French lignerbor. English line Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English liner From line (verb) + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly."
— 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 41:
"Lane Coutell, in a Burberry raincoat that apparently had a wool liner buttoned into it, was one of the six or seven boys out on the open platform."
— 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 3:
"They have a common chassis, except that the cylinders, 20 in. diameter in the Class "7", are linered down to 19½ in. in the Class "6"."
— 1951 July, “British Standard Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 444:
"With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner."
— 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
"He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 9:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every summer, a huge ocean ____ transports thousands of passengers across the Atlantic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The massive ocean ____ sailed across the Atlantic, carrying thousands of travelers to their destination.