aluminum [uh-loo-muh-nuhm]   Example Sentences
Main Entry:
can  [kan; unstressed kuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: container, usually metallic
Synonyms: aluminum, bottle, bucket, canister, cannikin, gunboat, gutbucket, jar, package, pop top, receptacle, tin, vessel
Notes: can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'
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Example Sentences
  • Aluminum cans are easy to collect and recycle, but many people throw them out anyway.
  • In an aluminum bowl, mix all dough ingredients and kneed.
  • Aluminum powder was also used to accelerate the explosion and added to the ferocity of the blaze, officials said.
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