canister

n.

1. A usually cylindrical storage container, especially:
   1. A box or can of thin metal or plastic used for holding dry foodstuffs or cooking ingredients, such as flour or sugar.
   2. A small plastic container used for storing a roll of film.
   3. A metal container that holds pressurized gas, as one containing tear gas that explodes on impact or one containing oxygen as part of a breathing apparatus.
2. 1. A metallic cylinder packed with shot that scatter upon discharge from a cannon, formerly used as an antipersonnel round.
   2. Such cylinders, or the shot used in such cylinders, considered as a group.
3. The part of a gas mask that contains the filter for removing toxic agents from the air.

[Latin canistrum, basket, from Greek kanastron, from kanna, reed. See cane.]

n. 1. a cylinder of pressurized gas, typically one that explodes when thrown or fired from a gun: riot police fired tear-gas canisters into the crowd.

2. small bullets packed in cases that fit the bore of an artillery piece or gun: another deadly volley of canister.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

1. Basket for flowers or fruit, so found represented on the heads of canephorae.

2. Metal vessel to hold the wafers before consecration for Communion.

IN BRIEF: n. - Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour; A metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm.

Tutor's tip: When they played "canasta" (a rummylike card game), they kept the "canaster" (a kind of tobacco) in a "canister" (box).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dåse, cylinder

Nederlands (Dutch)
busje, kartets, filterbus van gasmasker

Français (French)
n. - boîtier (en fer blanc)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Büchse, Dose, Kanister

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεταλλικό κουτί (καφέ κ.λπ.), βλήμα (δακρυγόνου)

Italiano (Italian)
barattolo, bombola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vasilha (f), caixa (m) de metralha

Русский (Russian)
банка

Español (Spanish)
n. - lata, bote

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kanister, bleckdosa, kakburk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小罐, 滤毒罐, 筒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小罐, 濾毒罐, 筒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 깡통, 산탄통, 여과 장치통

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 缶, 散弾

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) علبه صغيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קופסה, מדוכה, פצצה‬

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