luxury liner
Definition
- Noun:
- A passenger ship designed and operated for high-comfort, leisurely travel: A "luxury liner" is a large ship, typically an ocean liner, that is specifically outfitted to provide passengers with exceptionally comfortable, elegant, and often opulent accommodations and amenities during a voyage.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- They spent their honeymoon cruising the Mediterranean on a famous luxury liner.
- The retired luxury liner was once the most glamorous ship on the Atlantic crossing.
Advanced Usage
- The term often evokes a bygone era of transoceanic travel characterized by formal dinners, grand ballrooms, and impeccable service, distinct from modern mass-market cruise ships, though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
- It can be used metaphorically to describe something that provides a similar level of sumptuous comfort.
- The new executive offices are a veritable luxury liner compared to our old workspace.
Variants and Related Words
- Ocean liner (n): A large ship designed to transport passengers across oceans on a regular schedule; a luxury liner is a type of ocean liner focused on comfort.
- Cruise ship (n): A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, often stopping at various ports. While modern cruise ships are luxurious, "luxury liner" often refers to the classic, scheduled transatlantic ships.
- Flagship (n): The finest, largest, or most important ship of a shipping line, which is often a luxury liner.
Synonyms
- Passenger liner: A ship carrying passengers on a regular line.
- Ocean greyhound (archaic/literary): A fast ocean liner.
Related Phrases
- To travel by luxury liner: To take a voyage on such a ship.
- Before commercial flights, the wealthy would travel by luxury liner.
Related Idioms
Noun
- a liner equipped for sumptuous living
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