containers

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

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containers

All of them — RVs, makeshift shelters, a few shipping containers and one compound of discarded school bungalows — fall within the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

We tend to assume the next clever kitchen system will come from a new cookbook, a viral freezer hack or somebody else’s meticulously labeled meal-prep containers.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

That morning in May, Mamta waited beside the handpump as other families filled their buckets, three empty plastic containers at her feet.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Everything Sprouts said Friday that it was recalling 5 oz. lidded plastic containers of alfalfa sprouts that were distributed after May 26.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I zip my bagful of vials and sample containers closed and walk toward the shuttle.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera