liner B2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈlaɪnɚ/ See IPA manual Freq #18589 Meanings 1 noun A large passenger ship that travels a regular route. They crossed the Atlantic on a luxury ocean liner. 2 noun A removable lining placed inside a container. I threw out the old trash can liner. Thesaurus Word family Forms liners Derived forms bedlinerbinlinerbluelinercommuterlinereyelinerfeederlinerhard-linerheadlinerinterlinerjetlinerlinerboardlinerless Related forms airlinerhook-and-liner Common collocations ocean liner Noun + noun Etymology AI details From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5). Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # liner **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈlaɪnɚ/ **Frequency rank:** 18589 ## Meanings 1. A large passenger ship that travels a regular route. 2. A removable lining placed inside a container. ## Examples - They crossed the Atlantic on a luxury ocean liner. - I threw out the old trash can liner. ## Derived Forms - bedliner - binliner - blueliner - commuterliner - eyeliner - feederliner - hard-liner - headliner - interliner - jetliner - linerboard - linerless ## Related Forms - airliner - hook-and-liner ## Etymology From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5). ## AI Etymology Liner comes from line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5). In present-day English its meanings include a large passenger ship that travels a regular route and a removable lining placed inside a container. Related and derived forms include airliner, hook-and-liner, bedliner, and binliner. ## Topics - Transportation markdown