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canning en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkænɪŋ/

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present) present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”)
   form of can

canning en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkænɪŋ/

Etymology

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can).
   • Although aluminium can replace tin in most dry cannings, it is not satisfactory for the canning of acid fruits […] 1969, Herbert John Miller, Non-ferrous Metals Industry, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, page 25:
2. (countable, uncountable) The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things.
   • But the income that many Californians rely on from canning is imperiled by a crisis for recycling centers. 2016 August 6, Julia Carrie Wong, “Collecting cans to survive”, in The Guardian:
   • “In canning, you go where you want and do what you want,” Gadsden says. “You’re your own boss.” 2016 April 8, Malia Wollan, quoting Eugene Gadsen, “How to make money collecting bottles and cans”, in New York Times:
   • Canners know when they hear the clink of a bottle going into a garbage bin.[…] CORNISH: Now, there's also this sense of loss in hearing people in the movie describe what they had been doing before canning became a way of life for them. 2013 February 20, Audie Cornish, quoting Matthew O'Neill, “In ‘Redemption,’ Collecting Cans To Survive”, in NPR News:

Forms

Deriveds

precanning

Translations (15)

hu konzerválás (preserving process) · cs zavařování (preserving process) · ca enllaunat (preserving process) · no hermetisering (preserving process) · fr mise en boîte (preserving process) · fr mise en conserve (preserving process) · hu tartósítás (preserving process) · fi purkittaminen (preserving process) · es conservería (preserving process) · es enlatado (preserving process) · ga cannú (preserving process) · ko 통조림 (preserving process) · pt enlatamento (preserving process) · pa ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦੀ (preserving process) · sv hermetisering (preserving process)

canning en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkænɪŋ/

Etymology

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”)
   form of can