container

UK /kənˈteɪnə/ US /kənˈteɪnɚ/

noun 5

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1

(noun.) box/bottle/packet, etc.

ADJ

shallow | airtight, closed, sealed, watertight | insulated | empty | full

durable

We chose durable containers for our camping trip because we knew they would survive rough handling.

recyclable, refillable | child-proof, child resistant

ideal, suitable, useful

A plastic box is a suitable container for storing leftover food in the refrigerator.

special | storage | aluminium, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic, steel, wooden | food, milk, water

VERB + CONTAINER

fill

She filled the plastic container with leftover pasta sauce before putting it in the fridge.

store sth in

CONTAINER + VERB

contain sth, hold sth

The plastic box contains all of my daughter's toys from when she was small.

PREP

in a/the ~

The leftover soup should stay fresh for three days in a plastic container.

~ for

We need larger containers for all the recycling materials we collect each week.

~ of

She bought a large container of yogurt at the supermarket yesterday.

2

(noun.) large metal box for transporting goods

ADJ

empty | full | bulk, cargo

CONTAINER + VERB

contain sth, hold sth

The plastic box contained all of her favorite jewelry and keepsakes.

CONTAINER + NOUN

lorry, ship, truck | port

Definitions

noun

1

Someone who contains; something that contains.

2

Someone who contains; something that contains.

Will container development merely bring about a substitution for the body of the covered wagon? Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to increase pari passu with the lifting capacity of handling appliances.

The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.

3

Someone who contains; something that contains.

4

Someone who contains; something that contains.

As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.

5

Someone who contains; something that contains.

This advantage is the primary incentive for using a list container, rather than a vector or a deque.

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01

Will container development merely bring about a substitution for the body of the covered wagon? Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to incr

Wiktionary

02

The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6

Wiktionary

03

On a damp and blustery morning, three-metre swells crash into the cracked hull of the MSC Baltic III, which was grounded on a pinnacle of rock on the west coast of Newfoundland earlier this year. The

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04

This food will keep for a week in an airtight container.

Tatoeba · #58373

05

He emptied the container of its contents.

Tatoeba · #304509

06

The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn't it completely meaningless?

Tatoeba · #326852

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