fineliner pen
- noun
- /ˈfaɪnˌlaɪnər pɛn/
:
rotulador de punta fina
- Architects often prefer a fineliner pen for technical drawings.
Examples
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I use a fineliner pen to add detail to my sketches.
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Her handwriting looks neat and crisp with a fineliner pen.
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I bought a fineliner pen yesterday.
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Can you pass me that fineliner pen?
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For precise artwork, she always reaches for a fineliner pen to create fine details.
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He used a fineliner pen to write the headings in his journal neatly.
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Teachers often recommend a fineliner pen for students to improve their writing precision.
Synonyms
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A tool for writing or drawing with a soft tip that makes bold lines
A pen with a very thin felt tip for drawing or writing precise lines
A thin stick of soft stone that people use to write on a slate in old classrooms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'fineliner' already denotes a pen with a very thin tip and 'pen' specifies the writing instrument, so the combined meaning ('a pen for fine lines') is directly derivable from the parts. This naming pattern (a modifier indicating thinness + 'pen') is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The name fineliner pen comes from the thin 'line' it makes. Fine means 'very thin' and a liner is a tool that draws lines, so the name means a pen with a very thin tip used for precise drawing and writing.