container

[kuhn-tey-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /

NOUN

holder for physical object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bag bottle bowl box bucket can canister capsule carton crate dish jar jug kettle package packet pail pot pouch sack storage tank tub utensil vase vessel vial

STRONG

alembic beaker bin bunker caisson canteen carafe cask casket cauldron chamber chest churn cistern cradle crock ewer firkin flask hamper hod hopper hutch jeroboam magnum pit pod poke pottery purse receptacle reliquary repository sac scuttle stein vat

WEAK

humidor

Example Sentences

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"It's scary, to put it briefly," said Iryna, who works at the port's container terminal.

From Barron's

Slightly fewer people came via other illegal routes last year, such as in lorries or shipping containers.

From BBC

The first, which he began making in the early 1960s, were mysterious, sinisterly bejeweled boxes, little containers of compressed surrealism festooned with hundreds of shiny straight pins.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are then supposed to use them to dispose of their recyclables in one of two large purple containers outside.

From BBC

Meanwhile, at the Mariel commercial port, outside the capital, containers are piling up.

From Barron's

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