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container

[kuhn-tey-ner]

noun

  1. anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.

  2. a large, vanlike, reuseable box for consolidating smaller crates or cartons into a single shipment, designed for easy and fast loading and unloading of freight.



container

/ əˈٱɪə /

noun

  1. an object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc

    1. a large cargo-carrying standard-sized container that can be loaded from one mode of transport to another

    2. ( as modifier )

      a container port

      a container ship

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of container1

1400–50 for an earlier sense; 1495–1505 container for def. 1; late Middle English conteiner; contain, -er 1
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And officers said they observed a container of wine in the passenger seat.

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MV Wan Hai 503, which was heading to India's Mumbai city from Sri Lanka's Colombo, reported an internal container explosion on Monday, resulting in a major fire on board.

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In another case, a container arriving at the Belgian port of Antwerp which had been verified as containing ketamine, was found to hold sugar.

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The samosas, the second helping of naan, the kind of slightly bashful dinner invitation that arrives not with a flourish, but with a container of lamb curry.

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She said the mushrooms used in the beef Wellington may have accidentally included dried, foraged varieties that were kept in a container with store-bought ones.

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