liner
/ˈlaɪnɚ/ noun B2- Someone who fits a lining to something. · a liner of shoes
- A removable cover or lining. · I threw out the trash can liner.
- The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc. · liner notes
- 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.
- A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
- A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
- A formal no-show sock.
- A pantyliner.
Plural liners
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Exactly sixty years ago, I stood on the deck of a colossal ocean liner, watching the gray docks of Southampton recede into an impenetrable fog.
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