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Contents

Content \Con"tent\ (k[o^]n"t[e^]nt or k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"; 277), n.; usually in pl., Contents.

  1. That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.

    I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original.
    --Grew.

  2. Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.]

    Strong ship's, of great content.
    --Bacon.

  3. (Geom.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.

    The geometrical content, figure, and situation of all the lands of a kingdom.
    --Graunt.

    Table of contents, or Contents, a table or list of topics in a book, showing their order and the place where they may be found: a summary.

Contents

Contents \Con*tents\ (? or ?; 277), n. pl. See Content, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
contents

"things contained" in something (the stomach, a document, etc.), early 15c., Latin contentum (plural contenta), neuter past participle of continere (see contain). Table of contents is late 15c.

Wiktionary
contents

n. 1 (plural of content English) 2 (context usually plural English) That which is contained. vb. (en-third-person singular of: content)

WordNet
contents

n. a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start [syn: table of contents]

Usage examples of "contents".

He grabbed the wok by the rim, dumped the contents into a metal pot, and dropped the wok onto another burner.

His cell was a narrow wedge crammed with Cygnan junk: dusty oddly shaped containers emptied of their original contents, heaps of pretzel-shaped transparent tubing, a broken three-armed perch.

The seal held, but the contents of the tube sprayed at his mouth, making him gag and cough.

Forewarned, the crew overrode safeguards as the contents of Streaker’s central bay flew out behind her into the vacuum of open space.

They can crack, and their contents can leak out, but they cannot fly asunder.

Had the contents of three air-cars all carrying clingfire struck them, all of Castle Aldaran would have been burned to the ground.

He laid it on the table and with slow hands uncovered it, looking at the contents for a long moment before he stepped back for us to see.

Hrriss's mother could be seen standing over a huge simmering pot with a spoon to her lips, tasting the contents for spice.

It signalled to Eonneh, who undid one of the sausage-shaped packets and ate the contents, patting its chest to indicate satisfaction when it had finished.

He straightened up to tuck it back into the carryall, and stopped, looking curiously at the remaining contents of the bag.

He picked up another egg and pierced one end of the shell and sucked the contents out.

He stopped to offer refreshment to Ali Kiachif, who looked at the contents of the two carafes, and shuddered.

Then, off-handedly, Deneb broke the hulls of twenty-nine of the ET ships, spilling the contents into space.

He pulled open the first container he could reach, gulping its contents before they'd heated.

But the taste was mealy, the flesh of the bean crisp, but so satisfying that she consumed the contents of the entire pod greedily.