Liner

Quick meaning: Liner is a noun meaning Someone who fits a lining to something.

Meaning

Someone who fits a lining to something.

More Meanings

1. A removable cover or lining.
2. The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
3. A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
4. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
5. A formal no-show sock.
6. A pantyliner.
7. A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.

Example Sentences

a liner of shoes

I threw out the trash can liner.

A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly.

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".

Word Forms

• liners
• linering
• linered

Synonyms for liner

Depending on context, synonyms include lining.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lining, covering, cover, casing, shroud, pad.

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