Noun

Singular liner

Plural liners

liner (plural liners)

1. Someone who fits a lining to something.
   • 1973: A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 41)
2. A removable cover or lining

   I threw out the trash can liner.

3. The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie

   Does it have the lyrics in the liner notes?

Noun

Singular liner

Plural liners

liner (plural liners)

1. A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner
2. (nautical) a ship of the line
3. (baseball) A line drive

   The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.

4. (marketing) Inside slang for a basic salesperson

Derived terms

• ocean liner
• one-liner

As a common noun, Liner may refer to:

• Eye liner, a type of makeup
• Liner, a sable brush used by coach painters
• An Ocean liner, a type of modern-day passenger ship
• An archaic term, a ship of the line, a type of warship used from the 17th century to the 19th century
• Any item used as a lining (a protective layer fitted inside some object), such as a bin liner.
• Landfill liner, a membrane placed at the bottom of landfills

As an acronym, LINER refers to:

• Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER), a class of galactic nuclei (also used to refer to galaxies with such nuclei)