canister
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
Also called canister shot . case shot.
the part of a gas mask containing the neutralizing substances through which poisoned air is filtered.
Origin of canister
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How to use canister in a sentence
As law enforcement moved protesters off the Capitol steps with flash bangs and canisters that released irritants, several demonstrators charged the officers.
Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building | Washington Post Staff | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostAmazon’s latest Echo looks markedly different—like an oversize shot put rather than the canister design of its predecessor.
Lindsay Krall, a geochemist who researches nuclear waste burial at Stanford University, worries that the company’s canisters wouldn’t be buried deep enough to prevent waste from leaking into the biosphere.
Finding homes for the waste that will (probably) outlive humanity | Katie McLean | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIn January 2019, Deep Isolation proved that canisters could not only be sent underground but also retrieved, should the DOE manage to create a permanent repository elsewhere at some later point and want to transfer material there.
Finding homes for the waste that will (probably) outlive humanity | Katie McLean | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe waste would be stored in canisters, which would make it easy to retrieve and move once a permanent repository is finally decided upon.
Finding homes for the waste that will (probably) outlive humanity | Katie McLean | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
On another, Garrison said he handed a doctor a bottle of wine in a canister packed with $100 bills.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe idea is fairly simple: take a sealed metal canister and fill it with radio waves, which are a low-energy form of light.
Dear NASA: Fuel-Free Rocket Thruster Is Literally Too Good to Be True | Matthew R. Francis | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe were filming the ceasefire line when some jerk threw a teargas canister in the air.
How Jehane Noujaim Made The Year’s Most Dangerous Documentary ‘The Square’ | Andrew Romano | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen they got a clear shot, they fired a teargas canister directly at his upper body.
Or Mustafa Tamimi, who died when a soldier shot a tear gas canister directly at his face from only a few yards' distance.
Beinart and Shenhav Debate One State Versus Two | Lisa Goldman | September 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.
This time they were not met by the cavalrymen alone, but the cannon belched forth its deadly charge of canister in their faces.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnQuick as thought, the two cannon were run forward and a storm of canister swept the bushes.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe gunners at the batteries were quick to respond, and sent grape and canister across the stream.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Birney wheeled his batteries into position, and opened with canister, and the Rebels fled to the shelter of the woods.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
British Dictionary definitions for canister
/ (ˈkænɪstə) /
a container, usually made of metal, in which dry food, such as tea or coffee, is stored
(formerly)
a type of shrapnel shell for firing from a cannon
Also called: canister shot, case shot the shot or shrapnel packed inside this
Origin of canister
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