canister en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkænɪstɚ/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of canaster and knaster. * (metal receptacle): Through influence of unrelated can. * (projectile): Short for canister shot, so called for its casing.
Meanings
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A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
- A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
- A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.
- A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.
- Part of a windmill that connects the sails to the windshaft.
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(archaic, slang) A person's head.
Caunt let fly left and right, but Bendy ducked his canister, and got down with more caution than gallantry.
1897, R. G. Allanson-Winn, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, Boxing, page 225:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| canisters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
canister damascus · canisterize · canisterlike · canister shot · canister Damascus · oxygen canister
Descendants
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Translations (51)
es lata (container) · hu palack (container) · de Kartusche (component of protective mask) · eo ujo (container) · es lata (cylindrical metal receptacle) · hu tartály (container) · de Büchse (cylindrical metal receptacle) · de Dose (container) · es pote (container) · de Büchse (container) · hu tár (container) · eo ladskatolo (cylindrical metal receptacle) · hu fémhenger (cylindrical metal receptacle) · ga ceanastar (container) · pl bidon (container) · hu tok (container) · pt lata (container) · hu kartács (projectile component) · es bidón (container) · hu fémhüvely (cylindrical metal receptacle) · eo ladskatolo (container) · fi suodatin (component of protective mask) · hu bádogdoboz (cylindrical metal receptacle) · hu kanna (container) · hu fémtartály (cylindrical metal receptacle) · no boks (cylindrical metal receptacle) · hu persely (cylindrical metal receptacle) · ru конте́йнер (cylindrical metal receptacle) · hu szelence (container) · ru коро́бка (component of protective mask) · hu gránát (projectile component) · hu doboz (container) · ga boiscín stáin (cylindrical metal receptacle) · no boks (container) · fi kartessi (projectile component) · ro canistră (cylindrical metal receptacle) · fi purkki (container) · de Behälter (cylindrical metal receptacle) · ru коро́бка (cylindrical metal receptacle) · fi hylsy (projectile component) · hu fémdoboz (cylindrical metal receptacle) · fi purkki (cylindrical metal receptacle) · ru ба́нка (container) · de Dose (cylindrical metal receptacle) · bg кути́я (container) · ga ceanastar (cylindrical metal receptacle) · ja 小型の缶 (container) · bg картеч (projectile component) · ja 弾筒 (cylindrical metal receptacle) · ru коро́бка (container) · ru бокс (cylindrical metal receptacle)