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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
container
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a container port (=for ships carrying large containers)
▪ Hamburg is one of Europe's main container ports.
a sealed container/box/plastic bag
▪ The specimens he collected were sent back to London in sealed containers.
litre bottle/drum/container etc
▪ a litre bottle of wine
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
airtight
▪ Uncooked madeira cake mixture can be frozen in an airtight container.
▪ When cold, pack into an airtight container and store in a cool, dry place.
▪ Freeze or prepare a day ahead of the party and store in an airtight container.
▪ Seeds are best stored in airtight containers.
big
▪ Dishwater fluids are probably the biggest containers to arrive in the kitchen.
empty
▪ It has to be the first urine passed in the morning in a clean, empty container.
▪ Bowman finished his breakfast in silence, while Poole toyed with the empty coffee container.
▪ Anyway, ethnicity is one way of filling the empty containers of nationalism.
▪ Nearby were 3 empty tablet containers.
▪ I saw my body very much as an empty container.
▪ An empty Temazepam container was found next to Mrs Green's body along with the blood-covered corner of a £10 note.
▪ They screwed the caps back on to their thermos flasks, and jammed down the lids of their now empty plastic sandwich containers.
▪ The lorry was supposed to be carrying empty containers only.
large
▪ By planting up large containers with a mixture of varieties, a succession of colours can be achieved.
▪ For a somewhat analogous situation, think of a small drop of ink placed in a large container of water.
▪ What they were saying is this: writers like us are too large for neat containers.
▪ It can be grown in a large container or in the garden in a well-draining soil.
▪ Fill your two large stock containers about half-full of the mixture.
▪ Essentially, it meant putting a number of smaller packages headed for the same destination in one large container.
▪ Your display will be top-heavy if the flowers you choose are too large for the container.
▪ I went to the nearest deli and came back with a ham sandwich and a large container of coffee.
other
▪ Some recipes in the book require other containers such as empty food cans for a tubular effect.
▪ Put the oil and vinegar in a jam jar or other salted container.
▪ Buckets and other containers lead to comparisons of size, shape, colour and capacity.
plastic
▪ Near these were assorted plastic containers.
▪ Wash them before packing into plastic bags or containers.
▪ Mattie grunted abstractedly, totally engrossed in peering at the various plastic containers and bowls in the refrigerator.
▪ The dishwasher was filled with plastic containers from Boston Market, but still the pantry was empty.
▪ SchultzeAllen markets a kind of worm condo, a multilevel plastic container system about the size of a backyard grill.
▪ The socks are the latest item to be made from eco-friendly EcoSpun, a material made from recycled plastic containers.
▪ All along the route I pass old farmsteads surrounded by ancient sugar maple trees that dangle plastic milk containers.
▪ Aseptic boxes of fruit juices or plastic containers of prepared beverages can be frozen to serve double duty in the cooler.
sealed
▪ In practice, spray containers are laid in a wire basket inside a sealed container.
▪ A water quality officer interprets the information and can instruct Cyclops to collect a sample of the discharge in a sealed container.
▪ Place in a sealed container and shake well.
▪ Sanipet provide the householder with a 12-litre sealed plastic container, together with a handy scoop and spatula set.
small
▪ Portion of Java Moss. Small containers or tubs to hold eggs.
▪ Prebaked pizza crusts, mozzarella cheese and homemade sauce frozen in small containers is another under-20-minute meal.
▪ Put enough eggs to cover a piece in a small container of salt solution.
▪ Strain stock through a fine mesh strainer, divide stock among several small bowls or containers to speed cooling, and cool.
▪ There were just four small containers of water for a nine-hour journey from Rotterdam.
▪ It can easily be frozen in a small container and reserved for sauces that require it.
▪ When you move your smaller containers around, take a critical look.
▪ First half fill a small container with water from the breeding tank.
special
▪ Its flies, the spent fuel, arrive regularly inside special containers on goods trains from nuclear reactors all over the country.
▪ The customer is provided with an unstamped addressed label, special wrapper or container.
▪ Keep all the things listed below together in a special first aid container.
▪ The meals are cooked at the pub and taken down the road in special insulated containers.
▪ From Jan. 1, all rubbish must be placed in officially-approved bags, tied and left in special containers.
suitable
▪ You may be able to find a suitable container ready-made.
▪ If you provide a specimen you will be offered part of it in a suitable container.
▪ Alternatively, look in the food cupboard for a suitable plastic container.
▪ First, I needed a suitable container.
▪ Toughened glass and vitro-ceramics are the most universally suitable containers for all three functions.
■ NOUN
food
▪ Her policy often shocks airline stewardesses because the singer won't touch artificial food containers.
glass
▪ They say it's normal procedure at other Universities to wash contaminated materials like rubber gloves and glass containers.
▪ I was ready to eat it all, the wrappings, the glass containers, the windows in the walls.
▪ Britain spent more than £318 million on glass containers, amounting to some 1.9 million tons of glass, in 1978.
▪ However, glass containers, alcoholic beverages, firearms, pets and barbecue grills are prohibited.
metal
▪ Instantly, the metal container began to emit a clicking sound.
▪ Local people subsequently entered the site in order to loot the metal containers holding the pesticides, and simply poured the contents away.
▪ It has that familiar taste of metal containers and Styrofoam.
▪ Other heads too, tens of thousands of them, all stuck inside metal containers.
▪ Then I retrieved a 251 metal container, with a good-fitting lid, from a skip.
▪ A word of warning: don't use metal containers or sprayers because they can corrode.
milk
▪ Cut the bottom off a four pint plastic milk container to make a free food scoop.
▪ All along the route I pass old farmsteads surrounded by ancient sugar maple trees that dangle plastic milk containers.
▪ Table 3.2 Sherry and Galef's experiment on the learning of black-backed chickadees to open milk containers.
port
▪ Hong Kong shot past Rotterdam in 1987 to become the world's busiest container port.
▪ Increasing demand for container port services in Hong Kong is adding some urgency to the need for expansion.
▪ It had an active business operation side and Seaforth - the container port - was still being built.
▪ That, in turn, has required container ports to become deeper and deeper.
ship
▪ Or the hundreds of fishing vessels that rock in the wakes of container ships and oil tankers.
▪ The container ship went on its way.
▪ This is by far the largest container ship presently calling at any Northern Ireland port.
▪ The crew of a container ship rescued nine others.
▪ Once managers understood where costs truly lay, the innovations were obvious: the roll-on and roll-off ship and the container ship.
▪ The average depth now is 35 feet, which is too shallow to handle the largest container ships.
▪ The most important of the trends is that container ships have gotten bigger.
terminal
▪ Its lift on, lift-off operations there will now also be spread across two container terminals and an inland storage site.
▪ Jardine companies own 37. 9 percent of the group that will operate two of the four berths at the container terminal.
water
▪ Two girls are loading the donkeys with water containers and sacks.
▪ Indeed, there were little fountains of seawater spurting up between the water containers at that spot.
▪ Joe had discovered that at least twenty per cent of these water containers were gone, washed away by the sea.
▪ In nearby houses, thieves have taken water containers, clothes and sandals from those who have them.
▪ Using narrow-necked water containers to reduce the risk of cholera in homes without running water in cholera-endemic areas.
▪ Eliminating artificial water containers around homes to limit urban habitats of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. ii.
■ VERB
carry
▪ Duvall was carrying two plastic containers.
▪ Once, I was struggling to carry a five-gallon container of water to the shower.
▪ Some are general cargo boats, often carrying goods in containers.
▪ Some had leprosy and other people's backs were crooked from carrying the heavy containers.
▪ Each train will comprise eight wagons carrying two containers, and each shop will be served three times a week.
▪ The lorry was supposed to be carrying empty containers only.
fill
▪ They filled their pail and container, and started the return journey.
▪ The dishwasher was filled with plastic containers from Boston Market, but still the pantry was empty.
▪ Instead he'd fill his aluminium container and take it back to boil on his small gas cooker.
▪ Ask them to guess how this is possible. 4. Fill the large container about three-quarters full of water. 5.
▪ One possibility is that the first team to fill their container is the winner.
▪ Demonstration 1. Fill the transparent container to the brim with marbles.
▪ Children will begin to see that the same amount of water will fill containers that appear to be of different capacity.
▪ Anyway, ethnicity is one way of filling the empty containers of nationalism.
hold
▪ Small containers or tubs to hold eggs.
▪ The lowest tier on the tea tray holds four glass containers of jams and custard and the promise of scones to come.
▪ As always the laibon holds his snuff container.
▪ He was shaking food into the aquarium, holding a container like a pepper shaker, sprinkling Vitablend into the water.
keep
▪ They should be kept in a rigid container made for the purpose and stored in a secure place.
need
▪ Larger containers may need two water bottles.
▪ Since yours is in a container, you will need to water more frequently, but avoid soggy soil.
▪ Once it's been put into containers, they need never touch it again.
▪ A wide container will need a block of oasis in the base.
place
▪ When it is placed in a container it spreads uniformly throughout the whole volume of the container.
▪ For a somewhat analogous situation, think of a small drop of ink placed in a large container of water.
▪ Exposed surfaces of glass slides, especially the undersides, should be painted with paraffin wax before placing in the container.
▪ Mist them frequently or place the container on a tray of pebbles and water.
▪ Label each container clearly. Place the sown containers in a warm propagator to germinate.
▪ After the coral is removed the fishes are placed in temporary containers.
put
▪ Once it's been put into containers, they need never touch it again.
▪ Do not put aerosol containers anywhere near a cooker.
seal
▪ All radiocarbon samples should be sealed within a clean container such as a plastic bag at the time of recovery.
▪ The sauce may be stored in a tightly sealed container without refrigeration.
store
▪ All the sewage is now stored within enclosed containers rather than in open beds and the company also intend enclosing the plant inlet.
▪ Tightly wrap or store in covered containers all cooked meat, poultry, and fish and shellfish and refrigerate them promptly.
▪ By 10am, the potatoes have been boiled and roasted and stored in insulated containers.
▪ Separate poultry and stuffing and store them in different containers.
▪ Carrots from the garden were stored in containers of sand in the cellar.
▪ Membership in a gun club is required and all guns must be stored in locked containers.
▪ Seeds are best stored in airtight containers.
▪ Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.
use
▪ It usually comes in disposable pressurised containers or cartridges, although larger stoves may use refillable containers.
▪ The child is asked to reproduce the yellow color by using the five original containers in any way he wishes.
▪ A word of warning: don't use metal containers or sprayers because they can corrode.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a container with a tight lid
▪ cargo containers
▪ You'll need one small container of cottage cheese.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For a somewhat analogous situation, think of a small drop of ink placed in a large container of water.
▪ He was shaking food into the aquarium, holding a container like a pepper shaker, sprinkling Vitablend into the water.
▪ In practice, spray containers are laid in a wire basket inside a sealed container.
▪ Moreover, sunken waste containers could pose a serious threat over time as they begin to leak.
▪ Transfer to a storage container and stir in the strawberries.
▪ Wash the container in hot soapy water and rinse thoroughly in hot water.
▪ Within the legal container of marriage, the idealization and illusion so characteristic or the in-love state can take a nasty knock.
▪ You may be able to find a suitable container ready-made.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Container

Container \Con*tain"er\, n.

  1. One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid or solid material, object or objects, especially for convenience in transporting the contained objects.

  2. a large metallic box designed to hold many smaller boxes or packages, and used for convenience in loading and unloading large quantities of freight, such as on ships, trains, or airplanes.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
container

mid-15c., agent noun from contain.

Wiktionary
container

n. 1 An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported. 2 A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container). 3 (context by extension English) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state. 4 (context computing English) A file format that can hold various types of data. 5 (context computing GUI English) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

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WordNet
container

n. 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)

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Wikipedia
Container (disambiguation)

A container is a basic tool for containing things. Container may also refer to:

Container (film)

Container is a Swedish film by Lukas Moodysson. It premiered at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2006.

The movie is in black and white and was described by Moodysson as "a silent movie with sound". The only sound in the film is a spoken stream-of-consciousness monologue which is only loosely related to the visuals.

It was shot in Cluj, Romania, Chernobyl, Ukraine and Trollhättan, Sweden.

Container (abstract data type)

In computer science, a container is a class, a data structure, or an abstract data type (ADT) whose instances are collections of other objects. In other words, they store objects in an organized way that follows specific access rules. The size of the container depends on the number of objects (elements) it contains. Underlying implementation of various container types may vary in space and time complexity, which provides flexibility in choosing the right implementation for a given scenario.

Container (board game)

Container is an economic simulation board game for three to five players, released in 2007. The game was designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and Thomas Ewert. The game is themed around the shipping industry, and the primary pieces in the game are shipping containers. The players produce, buy, sell, ship and store containers with the general goal of maximizing overall profits. Economic considerations such as supply and demand, cash management, return on investment and efficient use of resources are natural consequences of the game's buying and selling rules.

Container (type theory)

In type theory, containers are abstractions which permit various "collection types", such as lists and trees, to be represented in a uniform way. A ( unary) container is defined by a type of shapes S and a type family of positions P, indexed by S. The extension of a container is a family of dependent pairs consisting of a shape (of type S) and a function from positions of that shape to the element type. Containers can be seen as canonical forms for collection types.

For lists, the shape type is the natural numbers (including zero). The corresponding position types are the types of natural numbers less than the shape, for each shape.

For trees, the shape type is the type of trees of units (that is, trees with no information in them, just structure). The corresponding position types are isomorphic to the types of valid paths from the root to particular nodes on the shape, for each shape.

Note that the natural numbers are isomorphic to lists of units. In general the shape type will always be isomorphic to the original non-generic container type family (list, tree etc.) applied to unit.

One of the main motivations for introducing the notion of containers is to support generic programming in a dependently typed setting.

Container

A container is a basic tool, consisting of any device creating a partially or fully enclosed space that can be used to contain, store, and transport objects or materials. In commerce, it includes "any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in packaging and shipping." Things kept inside of a container are protected by being inside of its structure. The term is most frequently applied to devices made from materials that are durable and at least partly rigid.

Container (song)

"Container" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple. It was produced by Blake Mills. The previously unreleased song was used for the title sequence of the Showtime drama series The Affair.

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Usage examples of "container".

She shoved the feather-light, nearly invisible aerogel container across the bar.

The aerogel container returned, its internal boundaries defined by pale rose liquid topped off with pink foam which popped and crackled musically.

Her fingers seemed to close around frozen smoke as she lifted the aerogel container.

He half led, half carried her there, where an aircraftman was just heaving the second last parachute and container through the doorway.

A group of maybe five or six bodies were hurriedly unloading their weapons and taking off their white uniforms and bundling them into what looked like Lacon boxes aluminim airfreight containers.

After half an hour, Angevine motioned to Shekel, and he, well-practiced, stood behind her and scooped pieces of coke from the container behind her back into her boiler.

Gobi saw that the Bangladeshis had perfected a technique for packing the energy effluents into long, sausage-shaped containers that they wore around their necks and down their backs.

I could make birchbark containers much faster than baskets, if only I had some hooves, bones, and hide scraps to boil for glue.

She looked through baskets and bark containers of dried meat, fruits and vegetables, seeds, nuts, and grains.

Her collection of beargrass, cattail leaves and stalks, reeds, willow switches, roots of trees, would be made into baskets, tightly woven or of looser weave in intricate patterns, for cooking, eating, storage containers, winnowing trays, serving trays, mats for sitting upon, serving or drying food.

Sleel lifted his own container as had Bergamo and dumped it onto his head.

From a compartment in the container he took a biosensor, an instrument so sensitive that at five hundred meters it registered strongly the cellular metabolism of a moth.

Lake Biwa, Cat and Hanshiro left their own calligraphy brushes in the earthenware container full of those left by worshipers.

The weapons are sealed in containers, of course, and if the Amsterdam customs are unaware of this they must be the worst, the blindest, or the most corrupt and avaricious in Europe.

Someone coshed him and stood at the lab door and flung a botulinus container against this wall closing the lab door behind him immediately afterwards.