Synonyms for canister

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kan-uh-ster

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn ə stər

Top 10 synonyms for canister

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Définition of canister

Origin : late 15c., "basket," from Latin canistrum "wicker basket" for bread, fruit, flowers, etc., from Greek kanystron "basket made from reed," from kanna (see cane (n.)). It came to mean "metal receptacle" (1711) through influence of can (n.). As short for canister shot, it is attested from 1801, so called for its casing.

As in pot : noun container, cauldron
As in bin : noun container
As in pail : noun bucket
As in bucket : noun container, often for liquids, with handle
As in can : noun container, usually metallic
As in case : noun container; items in container
As in container : noun holder for physical object

Example sentences :

Then we had no quarters at all, being perfectly exposed to grape and canister.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The shells and the grape and the canister and the bullets are smashing through them.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Roll it thin, cut it into little cakes with a wine glass, or the top of a canister, and bake them fifteen minutes on tin plates.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

The storm of canister caused them to waver a little, but that was all.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

This done, the grape and canister told with fearful execution.
Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel

Poague's section opened with canister at one hundred and fifty yards.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

I have brought this canister of powder at his request; but he is nowhere to be seen.
Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The other had a grape or canister (p. 328) sent through his ankle.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

They are shrivelled sticks—like bits of black tea in the canister.
Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin

"Canister shot: just the thing for us," interposed the officer.
Extract from : « Field and Forest » by Oliver Optic

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