How to pronounce liner
American English pronunciation
LY-nur
- IPA
- /ˈlaɪnɚ/
- Syllables
- LY · nur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What liner means
Most people know liner in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A big passenger ship that sails a regular route
In a sentence: The ocean liner carried two thousand passengers across the sea to France.
Where it comes from: It comes from line plus -er. These big ships were called liners because they sailed for a shipping line on a set route.
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