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container
CIDE DICTIONARY
container, n.
- One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid or solid material, object or objects, especially for convenience in transporting the contained objects. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
container, n.
1 a vessel, box, etc., for holding particular things.
2 a large boxlike receptacle of standard design for the transport of goods, esp. one readily transferable from one form of transport to another (also attrib. : container ship).
1 a vessel, box, etc., for holding particular things.
2 a large boxlike receptacle of standard design for the transport of goods, esp. one readily transferable from one form of transport to another (also attrib. : container ship).
THESAURUS
container
arena, cincture, close, confine, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, enclave, enclosure, field, fold, ground, list, pale, paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, square, theater, toft, yardFor further exploring for "container" in Webster Dictionary Online
