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View synonyms for

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. informal.
    prepared or recorded in advance; artificial; not spontaneous

    canned music

  3. a slang word for drunk
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·ԲԱ adjective
  • ɱ-ԲԱ 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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“It is a closely guarded family recipe that has been handed down through the generations,” Greif said, adding that focus group data showed the brand’s canned products were “just as good as homemade.”

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But for some reason, I struggled to stomach canned and tinned fish.

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Iamaleava quit, then he was canned, and rightfully so, and that’s certainly not the scenario envisioned by all those impoverished college athletic pioneers of years past.

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It showed up at church potlucks under domed foil lids, in school lunch trays beside pools of canned peaches, and on our weeknight table with unfussy regularity.

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Rich also recommended Wild Planet’s canned fish, which includes tuna, sardines, salmon, mackerel, yellowtail and anchovies.

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