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1. container
noun. ['kənˈteɪnɝ'] 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).
Synonyms
- powder flask
- box
- handbasket
- breadbox
- instrumentation
- showcase
- pan
- bread-bin
- wheeled vehicle
- workbasket
- pocketbook
- case
- handbag
- mould
- spoon
- time capsule
- instrumentality
- money box
- package
- cassette
- tin
- workbag
- manger
- grab bag
- dish
- display case
- mold
- reliquary
- shaker
- measure
- saltcellar
- dispenser
- bin
- glass
- empty
- cannister
- trough
- wastepaper basket
- savings bank
- tin can
- wastebasket
- dice cup
- basket
- storage ring
- purse
- circular file
- envelope
- bunker
- cylinder
- magnetic bottle
- bank
- can
- pod
- capsule
- coin bank
- watering can
- waste basket
- cargo container
- drinking glass
- cast
- canister
- workbox
- thimble
- vessel
- Dumpster
- cup
- mailer
- waste-paper basket
- dice box
- receptacle
- fuel pod
- watering pot
- flowerpot
- pot
- pipe bowl
- powder horn
- bowl
- bag
- vitrine
- scuttle
- coal scuttle
- parcel
Rhymes with Container
- nonplanar
- complainer
- entertainer
- campaigner
- retainer
- traynor
- trainor
- trainer
- stayner
- planer
- planar
- plainer
- kraner
- klejna
- graner
- drainer
- cranor
- craner
- breighner
- braner
- brainer
- waner
- wainer
- shaner
- schaner
- saner
- raynor
- rayner
- rainer
- painter
How do you pronounce container?
Pronounce container as kənˈteɪnər.
US - How to pronounce container in American English
UK - How to pronounce container in British English
Sentences with container
1. Noun, singular or mass
Immerse the clothing item in the sink or container, and let it soak for 30 minutes.
Quotes about container
1. Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
- Yoshio Taniguchi
2. I look at art as a container. You can't get inside it, so you have to ask all of these questions.
- Mark Bradford
3. Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.
- David Lynch
