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container
noun as in holder for physical object
Strongest matches
bag, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, can, canister, capsule, carton, crate, dish, jar, jug, kettle, package, packet, pail, pot, pouch, sack, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vessel, vial
Strong matches
alembic, beaker, bin, bunker, caisson, canteen, carafe, cask, casket, cauldron, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crock, ewer, firkin, flask, hamper, hod, hopper, hutch, jeroboam, magnum, pit, pod, poke, pottery, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, scuttle, stein, vat
Weak match
Example Sentences
Inside was a series of containers, resting one inside the other like nesting dolls.
Gorringe and his troublemakers have spent the last few months building a huge watertight container, which they will use to tow the obelisk to the harbor.
Later, Law and Schmitt watch as a Santa is frisked and then put into a police car for having an open container.
These findings show that ancient people placed plant materials into the holes, possibly using woven containers for transport.
On Monday thousands of delegates poured into the COP venue in a heavily air-conditioned former aerodrome, some coming from accommodation in shipping containers and cruise ships moored on the riverside.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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