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can opener
Word definitions for can opener in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A hat, a pot holder, a can opener . ▪ Earlier this evening he asked to borrow my new can opener . ▪ I realized I would have to stand firm about the can opener or risk losing my authority over Tam and Richie. ▪ Is a car bumper, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a device for cutting cans open [syn: tin opener ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A can opener (in North American English and Australian English) or tin opener (in British and Commonwealth English) is a device used to open tin cans ( metal cans). Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 A device used to open tin cans, usually by slicing the lid off. 2 (context roller derby English) A shoulder hit to the chest, usually accomplished while moving from a crouched to a standing position. n. 1 A device used to open tin cans, usually by ...
Usage examples of can opener.
Before we hove alongside, he sat relaxed in the stern playing negligently with the can opener, which he had taken out of its paper.
She lifted her chin at him and searched in the backpack again, finally extracting a can opener.
Gay Deceiver sits in an old barn, dark and quiet-and today I heard you discussing how to market a can opener.
He had a jaw hard and square enough to set rivets, a nose that could moonlight as a can opener, and a forehead that looked like it was made out of reinforced concrete.