The Collaborative International Dictionary
Can \Can\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Canning.]
To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] ``Canned
meats''
--W. D. Howells.
Canned goods, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.
WordNet
n. food preserved by canning [syn: canned food, canned foods, tinned goods]
Usage examples of "canned goods".
After another minute he got out, and went up the rickety steps which led to the room serving as an informal store where campers could pick up cigarettes and canned goods.
There were canned goods and meals in foil packets and powdered power drinks, yar, plenty of those, but none of what was here would feed him as he needed to be fed.
Lawry delivered several knapsacks full of canned goods and more bottled water, plus three cans of gasoline and a carton of engine oil.
The rations, as usual, were Earthly canned goods: this time, a can of pork and beans and one of stewed tomatoes.
Just the stuff in stores, maybe canned goods in warehouses, that sort of thing.
Make the driver unload, then reload an entire order of canned goods, 35-pound flour sacks, peanut oils, juices, tomato paste and bulk sugar, and I can assure you-your stuff will start arriving on time.