canister

see definition of canister

as inpot
as inbin
as inpail
as inbucket
as incan
as incase
as incontainer

Synonyms for canister

noun container, cauldron

bucket

noun. container, often for liquids, with handle

buckets

noun. container, often for liquids, with handle

Word Origin & History

late 15c., "basket," from Latin canistrum "wicker basket" for bread, fruit, flowers, etc., from Greek kanystron "basket made from reed," from kanna (see cane (n.)). It came to mean "metal receptacle" (1711) through influence of can (n.). As short for canister shot, it is attested from 1801, so called for its casing.

Example Sentences for canister

Then we had no quarters at all, being perfectly exposed to grape and canister.

The shells and the grape and the canister and the bullets are smashing through them.

Roll it thin, cut it into little cakes with a wine glass, or the top of a canister, and bake them fifteen minutes on tin plates.

The storm of canister caused them to waver a little, but that was all.

This done, the grape and canister told with fearful execution.

Poague's section opened with canister at one hundred and fifty yards.

I have brought this canister of powder at his request; but he is nowhere to be seen.

The other had a grape or canister (p. 328) sent through his ankle.

They are shrivelled sticks—like bits of black tea in the canister.

"Canister shot: just the thing for us," interposed the officer.

canister

Synonyms for canister

More words related to canister

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