CANNED GOODS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canned goods mean? 

• CANNED GOODS (noun)
  The noun CANNED GOODS has 1 sense:

1. food preserved by canning

  Familiarity information: CANNED GOODS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNED GOODS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Food preserved by canning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

canned food; canned foods; canned goods; tinned goods

Hypernyms ("canned goods" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canned goods"):

canned meat; tinned meat (meat preserved in a can or tin)

 Context examples 

Canned goods were turned out that made men laugh, for canned goods on the Long Trail is a thing to dream about.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I selected mainly from the canned goods, and by the time I was ready, willing hands were extended from above to receive what I passed up.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

To be cast away on an island had not entered into my calculations, so we were without a kettle or cooking utensils of any sort; but I made shift with the tin used for bailing the boat, and later, as we consumed our supply of canned goods, we accumulated quite an imposing array of cooking vessels.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)