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canned

[kand]

adjective

  1. preserved in a can or jar.

    canned peaches.

  2. Informal.recorded.

    canned music.

  3. Informal.prepared in advance.

    a canned speech.

  4. Slang.drunk.



canned

/ æԻ /

adjective

  1. preserved and stored in airtight cans or tins

    canned meat

  2. informalprepared or recorded in advance; artificial; not spontaneous

    canned music

  3. a slang word for drunk

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Other Word Forms

  • uncanned adjective
  • well-canned adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of canned1

First recorded in 1855–60; can 2 + -ed 2
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The move hikes import taxes on the metals - key inputs in everything from cars to canned food - for the second time since March.

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Images and videos taken by eyewitnesses and the Israeli military showed the GHF boxes appeared limited to canned food, pasta, rice, cooking oil and some biscuits and lentils.

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On Thursday, interior ministry police officers armed with Kalashnikov-style rifles and handguns went to a market near Gaza City's central al-Saraya junction, which houses a number of small stalls selling canned food and vegetables.

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Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as "laughing gas" – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream.

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Fava beans are available fresh, canned and frozen.

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