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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Without these measures, "it is impossible to know whether detected plastics originate from the tissue itself or from containers, chemicals, laboratory equipment or plastic particles present in the air," researcher Dušan Materić told AFP.

From Barron's

A container passed hand to hand with a quick smile and a promise to return it someday.

From Salon

Juice squirted everywhere, but a lot of it went into the container.

From Literature

When we think about globalization only as a tax-avoidance scheme and talk only about the back and forth flow of container ships, we miss the defining feature of the U.S. model.

From Barron's

We saw cells at two bases in the south of the country, including shipping containers with names - apparently of detainees - and dates scratched into the sides.

From BBC

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