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# liner

noun (a liner, liners)

«liner» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#m1)
2. Something put inside another thing to line or protect it, like a bin liner (UK, a bin bag) or a nappy liner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#m2)
3. Eyeliner: make-up drawn along the eyelids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#m3)
4. In baseball and cricket, a ball hit hard and low (a line drive). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history lessons the Titanic was an ocean liner that sank in 1912. At home you put a liner in the bin. In art, a fine-liner is a pen with a thin tip. Phrases: «ocean liner», «cruise liner», «bin liner», «one-liner» (a short joke).

### Examples

- The Titanic was the biggest liner of its day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#x1)
- We waved at the cruise liner leaving the harbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#x2)
- Put a new liner in the kitchen bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#x3)
- Draw the outline with a black fine-liner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#x4)
- My sister put on eyeliner before the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#x5)
- The comedian told a funny one-liner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#x6)
- The largest liner was called Hercules, and the smallest schooner The Flea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/#x7)

### Note

Plural: liners. Do not confuse with «lighter» or «line». A «one-liner» is a joke in one sentence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «liner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«liner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/liner.html) on Mova free.