spray can

NOUN

dispenser of fine spray

Synonyms

WEAK

aerosol atomizer concentrate sprayer mist concentrate sprayer spray

Example Sentences

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Professor Tregoning says that a nasal spray can help with a blocked nose but all you need is a simple saline spray which is just salt and water.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

This water spray can travel up to 80cm — the length of the average adult arm.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2023

For example, performing a cutting motion opens the scissor tool, and the spray motion opens the spray can tool.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

With a spray can in the right hands, it was a thrilling reclamation of urban space, a defiant declaration that you exist here, right now.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

It's bursting with so much color it looks like a graffiti artist got too excited with a spray can.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman