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canning (root: can)
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canning
anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, boxing, brining, corning, crating, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming, encasement, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, jerking, marination, mummification, package, packaging, packing, pickling, potting, quick-freezing, refrigeration, salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinningROGET THESAURUS
canning
Preservation
N preservation, safe-keeping, conservation, maintenance, support, susteritation, conservatism, vis conservatrix, salvation, prophylaxis, preserver, preservative, additive, antibiotics, antifungals, biocide, hygiastics, hygiantics, cover, drugget, cordon sanitaire, canning, ensilage, tinned goods, canned goods, snake oil, spider webs, cure-all, laetrile, charm, preserving, conservative, prophylactic, preservatory, preservative, hygienic, preserved, unimpaired, unbroken, uninjured, unhurt, unsinged, unmarred, safe, safe and sound, intact, with a whole skin, nolumus leges Angliae mutari.For further exploring for "canning" in Webster Dictionary Online