What is the meaning of Canister?

  • (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.
  • (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot.
  • (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds or willow twigs, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MLAWebster's. "canister" 27 May 2011. Web. 26 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/canister/definitions/1984277>
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