passenger liner

collocation in English

meaningsofpassengerandliner

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passenger
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpæs.ən.dʒər/us
/ˈpæs.ən.dʒɚ/
a person who is travelling in a vehicle but is not driving it, flying it, or working ...
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liner
noun
uk
/ˈlaɪ.nər/us
/ˈlaɪ.nɚ/
an object or material that is used to cover the inside surface ...
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(Definition ofpassengerandlinerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1958, she was rebuilt as apassengerliner.
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Thepassengerliner, which was requisitioned as a troopship in 1940, was sunk by torpedo in 1941 with the loss of 254 lives.
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The design was too much of a compromise, being neither an efficient freighter nor a viablepassengerliner.
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The term ocean liner has come to be used interchangeably withpassengerliner, although it can refer to a cargo liner or cargo-passengerliner.
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Even so, she was the fastest first-classpassengerlinerleft in commercial service.
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Choosing apassengerlineras her target, the submarine unleashed a spread of torpedoes, scoring a hit under the ship's bridge.
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Thepassengerlinerhad a large hole in her starboard side causing her to list towards starboard and begin sinking by the bow.
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This shows what is happening in thepassengerlinertraffic.
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That situation applies, at least, in a largepassengerliner.
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I am not of course suggesting the death of thepassengerliner; far from it.
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One shudders to think what would have happened if the accident had involved not apassengerlinerbut an oil tanker or a methane carrier.
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The present service is now being substantially improved by the release of apassengerlinerfrom trooping service.
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We letpassengerlinerbusiness go out at the time when the signs were thatpassengerlinerbusiness was increasing.
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Apassengerlinerhas been mentioned as one of the more favoured types in this connection.
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Can anyone imagine a more precious cargo than, let us say, 2,000 or 3,000 children, which apassengerlinercould quite easily accommodate?
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On the other hand, some very fine ships of thepassengerlinertype have been produced since the war, of which.
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Most of the greatpassengerlinercompanies have completed their post-war reconstruction schemes.
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Thepassengerlineris a class by itself.
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In other words, one's traditional shipbuilding workers are not the only people employed on building apassengerliner, and this creates enormous problems of discipline and security.
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Within our industry, therefore, the position is that thepassengerlineris holding its own and is doing so very successfully against enormous competition in the air.
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Furthermore, the hull had been weighted with concrete to the point where she was considered un-useable for service as apassengerliner.
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She also operated as apassengerlinerand as an educational cruise ship.
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