liner

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

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Phrases (1)

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ocean liner
a large passenger ship operating on scheduled sea routes

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

Topics

Transportation

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# 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

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