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UNLINED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unlined mean?
• UNLINED (adjective)
The adjective UNLINED has 2 senses:
1. not having a lining or liner
2. smooth, especially of skin
Familiarity information: UNLINED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having a lining or liner
Context example:
a thin unlined jacket
Antonym:
lined (having a lining or a liner; often used in combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Smooth, especially of skin
Synonyms:
Context example:
his unseamed face
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
Context examples
The Abbot, from his point of vantage, looked down on the two long lines of faces, placid and sun-browned for the most part, with the large bovine eyes and unlined features which told of their easy, unchanging existence.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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