What does CONTAINER mean?

Definitions for CONTAINER
kənˈteɪ nərcon·tain·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. containernoun

    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)

GCIDE

  1. Containernoun

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. containernoun

    An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

  2. containernoun

    A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).

  3. containernoun

    (By extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.

Wikipedia

  1. Container

    A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, 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 are usually at least partly rigid. A container can also be considered as 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.

ChatGPT

  1. container

    A container is a type of storage unit that can hold items or substances within it. It can be physical such as a box, bottle, or basket, or virtual like a software or data container. Its main purpose is to store, transport or organize objects, keeping them in one place for convenience and protection. The precise nature and structure of a container varies according to its purpose.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Containernoun

    one who, or that which, contains

Wikidata

  1. Container

    In computer science, a container is a class, a data structure, or an abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects. In other words; they are used for storing objects in an organized way following specific access rules. The size of the container depends on the number of the objects it contains.The underlying implementation of various types of containers may vary in space and time complexity allowing for flexibility in choosing the right implementation for a given scenario.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. container

    An article of transport equipment that meets American National Standards Institute/International Organization for Standardization standards that is designed to be transported by various modes of transportation. These containers are also designed to facilitate and optimize the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transportation

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'CONTAINER' in Nouns Frequency: #2212

Anagrams for CONTAINER »

  1. crenation

  2. connarite

  3. cotarnine

  4. narcotine

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONTAINER in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONTAINER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of CONTAINER in a Sentence

  1. Arizona Senate:

    They'll be in a locked container with 24/7 armed guards, fencing and 24/7 livestreaming cameras.

  2. Barron Segar:

    There's enough food between corn maize and wheat and oil that's stored in silos or on container ships in Ukraine to feed 400 million people, imagine if we can't get that food to those who are starving, to those who are hungry.

  3. Gabby Petito:

    The container looks like one that would be used for a urine sample, but as I have not done that personally in a search, I can’t state for sure.

  4. Ana Suda:

    He looked at me, and he asked me where I was born, so, I look at him, and I say, 'Are you serious?' He's like, 'I am very serious.'/* global CNN, Modernizr */'use strict';CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature('video').then(function () {CNN.VideoPlayer.handleUnmutePlayer = function handleUnmutePlayer(containerId, dataObj) {'use strict';var playerInstance,playerPropertyObj,rememberTime,unmuteCTA,unmuteIdSelector = 'unmute_' + containerId,isPlayerMute;dataObj = dataObj || {};if (CNN.VideoPlayer.getLibraryName(containerId) === 'fave') {playerInstance = FAVE.player.getInstance(containerId) || null;} else {playerInstance = containerId }isPlayerMute = (typeof dataObj.muted === 'boolean') ? dataObj.muted : false;if (CNN.VideoPlayer.playerProperties }if (playerPropertyObj.mute playerInstance.unmute();if (unmuteCTA.length > 0) {unmuteCTA.removeClass('video__unmute--active').addClass('video__unmute--inactive');unmuteCTA.off('click');rememberTime = 0;if (rememberTime 0) {$vidEndSlate.find('.l-container').html('');$vidEndSlate.removeClass('video__end-slate--inactive').addClass('video__end-slate--active');}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true) ? true : false;var configObj = {thumb: 'none',video: 'us/2018/05/22/border-patrol-speaking-spanish-panel-lemon-ctn-sot.cnn',width: '100%',height: '100%',section: 'domestic',profile: 'expansion',network: 'cnn',markupId: 'body-text_29',theoplayer: {allowNativeFullscreen: true},adsection: 'const-article-inpage',frameWidth: '100%',frameHeight: '100%',posterImageOverride: {.

  5. Bruce Miller:

    The election judges can provide a secure bag or container for the voter to place the provisional ballot inside.

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