liner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

   the batter hit a liner to the shortstop

2. 2
   noun

   Someone who fits a lining to something.

   a liner of shoes

3. 3
   noun

   A removable cover or lining.

   I threw out the trash can liner.

4. 4
   noun

   The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.

   liner notes

5. 5
   verb

   To fit a cylinder liner.

   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".

6. 6
   noun

   A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   A line drive.

   The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.

8. 8
   noun

   Something with a specified number of lines.

   the following three-liner by an unknown poet

Etymology

From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).