fineliner

4.8

A pen with a very thin felt tip for drawing or writing precise lines

noun
/ˈfaɪnˌlaɪnər/

: rotulador fino

She used a fineliner to draw precise lines in her sketchbook.

Very Last Favorite is a lifestyle favorite and it is my Erin Condren Life Planner and my Stadler Trip Plus fineliner pins.

Examples

Very Last Favorite is a lifestyle favorite and it is my Erin Condren Life Planner and my Stadler Trip Plus fineliner pins.

Elle Fowler
And then, utterly waterless, Mont Blanc fineliner.

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The artist chose a black fineliner for intricate details in the illustration.
He filled in the small text with a fineliner to ensure clarity and neatness.

Synonyms

felt tip

vsfineliner

2 3.0

A pen with a soft cloth tip used for drawing or coloring

is much finer and focuses on very precise thin line work

fineliner pen

vsfineliner

3.8

A pen with a very thin felt tip that draws precise lines for writing or drawing

is identical in meaning but its name explicitly adds the common noun for the tool

slate pencil

vsfineliner

Archaic

9.8

A thin stick of soft stone that people use to write on a slate in old classrooms

is a fibrous-tip tool used for very fine, precise line work rather than slate writing

Compounds

fineliner pen

3.8

A pen with a very thin felt tip that draws precise lines for writing or drawing

How Thin

fineliner

4.8

felt-tip pen

1 2.1

marker

57 1.1

Surface Forms

fineliner singular

fineliners plural

Morphology

fineliner = fine + liner (transparent) = fine + liner

The meaning is directly built from 'fine' + 'liner' (an instrument that makes fine lines), which a B1 learner can infer.

Etymology

The word fineliner combines fine ('thin') and liner ('one that makes a line'), so it literally means a 'thin line maker'. This helps you remember it is a pen made to draw very thin, precise lines.