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can·is·ter
(kăn′ĭ-stər)n.
1. A usually cylindrical storage container, especially:
a. A box or can of thin metal or plastic used for holding dry foodstuffs or cooking ingredients, such as flour or sugar.
b. A small plastic container used for storing a roll of film.
c. A metal container that holds pressurized gas, as one containing tear gas that explodes on impact or one containing oxygen as part of a breathing apparatus.
2.
a. A metallic cylinder packed with shot that scatter upon discharge from a cannon, formerly used as an antipersonnel round.
b. Such cylinders, or the shot used in such cylinders, considered as a group.
3. The part of a gas mask that contains the filter for removing toxic agents from the air.
[Latin canistrum, basket, from Greek kanastron, from kanna, reed; see cane.]
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canister
(ˈkænɪstə)n
1. a container, usually made of metal, in which dry food, such as tea or coffee, is stored
2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (formerly)
a. a type of shrapnel shell for firing from a cannon
b. Also called: canister shot or case shot the shot or shrapnel packed inside this
[C17: from Latin canistrum basket woven from reeds, from Greek kanastron, from kanna reed, cane1]
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can•is•ter
(ˈkæn ə stər)n.
1. a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, sugar, etc.
2. (on a gas mask) the container of neutralizing substances through which poisoned air is filtered.
[1670–80; < Latin canistrum wicker basket]
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Noun | 1. | canister - a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm ammo, ammunition - projectiles to be fired from a gun |
2. | ![]() 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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[ˈkænɪstəʳ] N (for tea, coffee) → lata f, bote m; [of gas] → bombona f; (for film) → lata fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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(ˈkӕnistə) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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→ boteMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009