CANNISTER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

Synonyms:

canister; cannister; tin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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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