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container
/ əˈٱɪə /
noun
an object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc
a large cargo-carrying standard-sized container that can be loaded from one mode of transport to another
( as modifier )
a container port
a container ship
Word History and Origins
Origin of container1
Example Sentences
And officers said they observed a container of wine in the passenger seat.
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.
In another case, a container arriving at the Belgian port of Antwerp which had been verified as containing ketamine, was found to hold sugar.
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.
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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