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canister

[kan-uh-ster] / ˈkæn ə stər /






NOUN
pail
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The force had also discovered about 500 additional cannisters containing chemicals that are "not considered to be explosive".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Two days after the accident, the police say they caught the bus owner trying to remove improperly-installed gas cannisters from the five other buses.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

In addition to the biophoton emitting cannisters, the company also sells bottled water — 24-packs of 16.9 ounce bottles of Tennessee spring water — for $150.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

On the trip back to Earth, Mattingly spacewalked to collect film cannisters with photographs he had snapped of the moon’s surface.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

The shop was crammed with customers, and there were crowds of mice upon the biscuit cannisters.

From The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Potter, Beatrix




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