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WATERING CAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does watering can mean? 

WATERING CAN (noun)
  The noun WATERING CAN has 1 sense:

1. a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plantsplay

  Familiarity information: WATERING CAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATERING CAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

watering can; watering pot

Hypernyms ("watering can" 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))

Meronyms (parts of "watering can"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

spout (an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain)


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