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nounany 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)type of:
Definition that contains container
- cast container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- mold container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- mould container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- scuttle container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- workbox container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
- powder horn container for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal
- workbasket container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
- storage ring container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used
- coal scuttle container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- magnetic bottle container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions