container

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, contains.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

can drum bucket box tank package barrel cartridge bottle bag tin holder pitcher casing pouch
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Antonyms

result release hardware venter contributor eliminator
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Hypernyms

instrumentation instrumentality

Hyponyms

cup manger bank bowl shaker can

Phrases with the word

glass container cylindrical container storage container container for leftovers container for taking home uneaten food container for taking leftovers home

Anagrams

cotarnine crenation narcotine anorectin connarite

Examples

We live in a world where the funeral matters more than the dead, the wedding more than love and the physical rather than the intellect. We live in the container culture, which despises the content. Eduardo Galeano

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters. Angela Carter

By phonemic trans-formation into visual terms, the alphabet became a universal, abstract, static container of meaningless sounds. Marshall McLuhan

Sharp vinegar may damage its container. Turkish Proverb

As long as you happen to put your hand in a container full of pickles, might as well dip your whole arm in the container. Malay Proverb

Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

contained in contained in each contained within container bed container carriers container closure