liner
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈlaɪnər/
:
buque de pasajeros
- The Wurtzes went to Hawaii on a real ocean liner.
- ocean liner
- luxury liner
- cruise liner
On a doomed ocean liner, you'd be like, no, that's Titanic.
- On a doomed ocean liner, you'd be like, no, that's Titanic.
- So I have gone once I've done the the swim in at the Cape Horn, we went back again and then took a ship cruise liner to Antarctica.
- So one day he found out that the cruise ship, he's now a captain of this enormous cruise liner and that they're going to be going near his old hometown.
Examples
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Oh, I spent our money on ocean liner passage.
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Hired the top deck of an ocean liner just to go to Paris.
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It's not only your ship we have to worry about; it's the liner, too.
Fiction book (1997) -
So we met on actually not a very nice cruise liner, a a very dated and tired ocean liner.
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Maybe you should take the liner to Argentina
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Passengers board a large ocean liner, bound for the United States.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's an ocean liner that sails from London to New York.
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The decree was issued eight days before the liner set sail.
Academic text (2017) -
Crowds frantically wave on the wharf as the liner prepares for departure.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Queen Mary 2 is a famous liner that offers luxurious amenities for its passengers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea
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2.6
A large ship that carries people on holiday trips with places to sleep and entertainment
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3.6
A large ship that carries people and things on long sea trips
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3.2
A large passenger ship for holiday trips with food, pools, and shows on board
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4.0
A large ship with very comfortable rooms and extra services for passengers
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2.2
A large ship that carries people, not cargo
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7.5
A very large passenger train car with two levels for carrying people
A passenger ship with private cabins for travelers
A large fast passenger ship that has very comfortable rooms and many services
Compounds
A large fast passenger ship that has very comfortable rooms and many services
- Specialized
A fast train that carries goods over long distances between factories and seaports and loads quickly
A person who always supports their political party's official views without question
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
liner = line (semi-transparent) = line + er
The ship sense is built from 'line' + '-er', but the specialized meaning 'a ship operating on a regular route' is only partly predictable.
Etymology
Liner for a big ship comes from line, meaning a regular 'route' or service (think of an 'airline' or 'shipping line'), so a liner is a ship that sails a fixed route for passengers.