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container

Pronunciation:  kun'teynur

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Matching Terms:  contained, container class, container ship, containerful, containerise, containerised, containerize, containerized, containership

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  something that holds things, especially for transport or storage
 
 See Also: bag, bank, basket, bin, bowl, box, bread-bin, breadbox, can, canister, cannister, capsule, cargo container, case, cassette, cast, circular file, coal scuttle, coin bank, cup, cylinder, dice box, dice cup, dish, dispenser, display case, drawer, drinking glass, Dumpster, empty, envelope, flowerpot, fuel pod, glass, handbag, handbasket, instrumentality, instrumentation, magnetic bottle, mailer, manger, mold, money box, mould, package, pan, parcel, pipe bowl, pocketbook, pod, pot, powder flask, powder horn, purse, receptacle, reliquary, saltcellar, savings bank, scuttle, shaker, showcase, spoon, storage ring, thimble, time capsule, tin, tin can, trough, vessel, waste basket, wastebasket, wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, watering can, watering pot, wheeled vehicle, workbag, workbasket, workbox

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*tain"er\, n.
One who, or that which, contains.

 
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 Related Terms: arena, cincture, close, confine, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, enclave, enclosure, field, fold, ground, list, pale, paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, square, theater, toft, yard
 

 

 

 

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