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canister
[ kan-uh-ster ]
noun
- 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.
canister
/ ˈkænɪstə /
noun
- 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 calledcanister shotcase shot the shot or shrapnel packed inside this
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Origin of canister1
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Example Sentences
On another, Garrison said he handed a doctor a bottle of wine in a canister packed with $100 bills.
The idea is fairly simple: take a sealed metal canister and fill it with radio waves, which are a low-energy form of light.
We were filming the ceasefire line when some jerk threw a teargas canister in the air.
When 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.
The 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.
Quick as thought, the two cannon were run forward and a storm of canister swept the bushes.
The gunners at the batteries were quick to respond, and sent grape and canister across the stream.
Birney wheeled his batteries into position, and opened with canister, and the Rebels fled to the shelter of the woods.
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