liner
(laɪnəʳ )
Word forms: liners
1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN]
A liner is a large ship in which people travel long distances, especially on holiday.
...luxury ocean liners.
...the cruise liner, the QE2.
2. See also bin liner
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Collocations:
luxury liner
His saved wages enabled him to travel home by luxury liner.
Times,Sunday Times
It was on the first-class promenade area when the luxury liner sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912.
The Sun
It's a lavishly illustrated celebration of the luxury liner.
The Sun
Nobody knows what was served for the final meal on the world's most famous luxury liner: the menu went down with the ship.
Times, Sunday Times
The unprecedented 65-degree rotation of the capsized luxury liner revealed extensive damage to its previously submerged starboard side.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 班轮
Japanese: 定期船
- swell the ranks
- swell up
- swelter
- sweltering
- sweltering heat
- sweltering summer
- sweltering temperatures
- swept
- swept aside
- swept away
- swept downstream
- swerve
- swerve violently
- swift
- swift action
- swift change
- swift conclusion
- swift current
- swift justice
- swift kick
- swiftly
- swift move
- swift movement
- swiftness
- swift pace