canister
Plural: canisters
Noun
- A small metal box or cylinder for holding dry goods.
- a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
- metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
- A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
- Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
- A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
- A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.
- A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.
- Part of a windmill that connects the sails to the windshaft.
- A person's head.
Verb
- To pack into a canister.
Examples
- He imagined the Scrabble tiles rattling in a CANISTER, waiting to form a winning word.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of canaster and knaster.
* (metal receptacle): Through influence of unrelated can.
* (projectile): Short for canister shot, so called for its casing.
Scrabble Score: 10
canister: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcanister: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
canister: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
canister: valid Words With Friends Word