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  canning

  noun

  the act, process, or business of preserving cooked food by sealing in cans or jars.
• Canning
  Canning

  noun

  Charles John, 1st Earl, 1812–62, British statesman: governor general of India 1856–62.

canning

¹ American  

[kan-ing] / ˈkæn ɪŋ /

noun

• cannings
  plural

1. the act, process, or business of preserving cooked food by sealing in cans or jars.

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Canning ² American  

[kan-ing] / ˈkæn ɪŋ /

noun

1. Charles John, 1st Earl, 1812–62, British statesman: governor general of India 1856–62.

2. his father George, 1770–1827, British statesman: prime minister 1827.

3. Sir Stratford. Stratford de Redcliffe, 1st Viscount.

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Canning ¹ British  

/ ˈkænɪŋ /

noun

1. Charles John, 1st Earl Canning. 1812–62, British statesman; governor general of India (1856–58) and first viceroy (1858–62)

2. his father, George. 1770–1827, British Tory statesman; foreign secretary (1822–27) and prime minister (1827)

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canning ² British  

/ ˈkænɪŋ /

noun

1. the process or business of sealing food in cans or tins to preserve it

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• precanning
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• cannings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of canning

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; can ² + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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canning Canning cannings

Meanwhile, Bumble Bee Foods plans to lay off 197 workers on Nov. 19 and estimates that it will lay off another 36 workers when the fish canning facility finally closes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Although these parasites had been killed during the canning process and would not harm consumers, they hold valuable scientific information.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026

Short remembered how Beckstrom loved cooking, baking and gardening, canning hot peppers, and eating deviled eggs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

Tinned fish has been around for centuries, dating all the way back to the late 1700s when canning and preserving foods were budding inventions.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

Mom was busy canning tomatoes, and I didn’t see any sign of dinner.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

He emigrated from Nigeria with his parents and sister at age 13 in 1991 and lived in Canning Town in east London.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The teenager was enrolled in a virtual learning academy at the San Diego Unified School District and was on track to graduate high school this semester, according to district spokesperson James Canning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Clark attended an elementary and a middle school in person at the district, but following the pandemic his family enrolled him online schooling full time, Canning said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Now head of treatment at the centre he once attended as a patient, Canning helps people who are in similar situations to his.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

This from a surfman named Mr. Canning, a sailmaker by trade but a surfman, like all of them, with no name but that when a ship wrecked in these waters.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

While marching huppandownd   Upon that fair May morn, Beold the booming cannings sound,   A royal child is born!

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton

While marching huppandownd Upon that fair May morn, Beold the booming cannings sound, A royal child is born!

From Ballads by William Makepeace Thackeray

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