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liner1 definition

liner (līnər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that traces lines or stripes
  2. ☆ a steamship, passenger airplane, etc. in regular service for a specific line
  3. line drive
  4. a cosmetic applied in a fine line, as along the eyelid or, in the theater, to accentuate a natural line in the face
liner2 definition

liner (līnər)

noun

  1. a person who makes or attaches linings
  2. a lining or something that suggests a lining by fitting inside something else a helmet liner
  3. ☆ the covering, originally the sleeve () and later, usually, the jacket () of a long-playing record

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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