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CANNISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cannister mean?
• CANNISTER (noun)
The noun CANNISTER has 1 sense:
1. metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
Familiarity information: CANNISTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("cannister" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
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