Antonyms for liner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lahy-ner

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ nər

Definition of liner

Origin : "ship belonging to a shipping line," 1838, from line (n.) on notion of a succession of ships plying between ports along regular "lines." Line in this sense first attested 1786 in reference to stagecoaches. Cosmetics sense first recorded 1926, short for eye-liner. The type of baseball hit was so called from 1874 (line drive attested from 1899).

As in vessel : noun ship
As in cruise ship : noun passenger ship
As in filling : noun contents
As in ocean liner : noun very large ship
As in lining : noun interlining
As in line drive : noun baseball hit that is straight
As in filling/filler : noun something that takes up

Example sentences :

That was the liner, and it had been saying the same thing for two nights and two days.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

But as for the liner, it continued with its emphatic reiteration.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

They were delightful days, for the Laconia is a Paris hotel disguised as a liner.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Minute after minute passed, but there was no response from the other liner.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

Already the liner was far away, out of their grasp, even had they desired to return.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

On the twenty-eighth of the month this submarine sank the liner Ethiope.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Not all of the women and children got off the liner into the small boats.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

The captain of the liner called Penrun as the chief witness.
Extract from : « Loot of the Void » by Edwin K. Sloat

Once you are free of the liner I'll slow down so that the black ship will have to slow down, too.
Extract from : « Loot of the Void » by Edwin K. Sloat

The ray with which the liner was equipped was a mere toy in comparison.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

Synonyms for liner

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