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CANISTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

Synonyms:

canister; cannister; tin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("canister" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm

Synonyms:

canister; canister shot; case shot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("canister" is a kind of...):

ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)

Meronyms (parts of "canister"):

pellet; shot (a solid missile discharged from a firearm)

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