CONTAINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does container mean? 

• CONTAINER (noun)
  The noun CONTAINER has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: CONTAINER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTAINER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("container" is a kind of...):

instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

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

saltcellar (a small container for holding salt at the dining table)

magnetic bottle (container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions)

mailer (a container for something to be mailed)

manger; trough (a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed)

measure (a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance)

cast; mold; mould (container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens)

package; parcel (a wrapped container)

pan (shallow container made of metal)

fuel pod; pod (a detachable container of fuel on an airplane)

flowerpot; pot (a container in which plants are cultivated)

powder flask; powder horn (container for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal)

receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)

reliquary (a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints))

grab bag (a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents)

bank; coin bank; money box; savings bank (a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home)

coal scuttle; scuttle (container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire)

shaker (a container in which something can be shaken)

spoon (a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food)

storage ring (container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used)

thimble (a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container)

time capsule (container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time)

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

circular file; waste-paper basket; waste basket; wastebasket; wastepaper basket (a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish)

watering can; watering pot (a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants)

wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)

workbag; workbasket; workbox (container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing))

case; display case; showcase; vitrine (a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home)

bag; handbag; pocketbook; purse (a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women))

basket; handbasket (a container that is usually woven and has handles)

bin (a container; usually has a lid)

bowl; pipe bowl (a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco)

box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)

bread-bin; breadbox (a container used to keep bread or cake in)

bunker (a large container for storing fuel)

can; tin; tin can (airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.)

canister; cannister; tin (metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour)

capsule (a small container)

cargo container (a large container for freight)

case (a portable container for carrying several objects)

bag (a flexible container with a single opening)

cassette (a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video)

cup (a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle)

cylinder (a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air)

dice box; dice cup (a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown)

dish (a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food)

dispenser (a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts)

drawer (a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out)

Dumpster (a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste)

empty (a container that has been emptied)

envelope (a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.)

drinking glass; glass (a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking)

Derivation:

contain (contain or hold; have within)

containerise; containerize (package in a container)

 Context examples 

A powder dosage form that is situated inside a container that has a mechanism to deliver a specified quantity.

(Metered Powder Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In general, a namespace is an abstract container, which is or could be filled by names, or technical terms, or words, and these represent or stand for real-world things.

(Namespace, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology entity that represents the NCI Thesaurus universe; the abstract container that holds all of the NCI Thesaurus terminology entities and concepts.

(NCI Namespace, NCI Thesaurus)

The weight of the content in a container without the weight of the container or any other packaging material.

(Net Weight, NCI Thesaurus)

A container, usually made of glass or metal, that has at least two walls with the space between each wall evacuated so as to prevent the transfer of heat.

(Dewar, NCI Thesaurus)

To transfer liquid from one container to another.

(Decant, NCI Thesaurus)

Plastic closure turned onto a corresponding thread on the top or mouth of a container, whether it be glass, plastic or metal.

(Continuous Thread Plastic Container Closure, Food and Drug Administration)

To find out all the ingredients in a cosmetic you use, check the container.

(Cosmetics, Food and Drug Administration)

A small shaped container used to create blocks of frozen specimens in a cryopreservative solution for future sectioning and microscopic analysis.

(Cryomold, NCI Thesaurus)

Any part of a device that resembles an enclosed tube; a cylindrical container for the storage of gases and fluids.

(Cylinder Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)