"canister" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkænɪstɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canister.wav [Southern-England] Forms: canisters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English canister, canustyr, a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-trom}}, {{der|en|enm|canister}} Middle English canister, {{m|enm|canustyr}} canustyr, {{der|en|la|canistrum}} Latin canistrum Head templates: {{en-noun}} canister (plural canisters)
  1. A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches). Translations (container): кути́я (kutíja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ujo (Esperanto), ladskatolo (Esperanto), purkki (Finnish), Dose [feminine] (German), Büchse [feminine] (German), tartály (Hungarian), szelence (Hungarian), kanna (Hungarian), palack (Hungarian), doboz (Hungarian), tok (Hungarian), tár (Hungarian), ceanastar [masculine] (Irish), 小型の缶 (kogata no kan) (Japanese), boks [masculine] (Norwegian), bidon [masculine] (Polish), lata [feminine] (Portuguese), ба́нка (alt: жестяна́я) [feminine] (Russian), коро́бка (alt: жестяна́я) [feminine] (Russian), lata [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-canister-en-noun-VsTv0ika Disambiguation of 'container': 80 0 0 0 20 0 0
  2. Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top. Translations (cylindrical metal receptacle): ladskatolo (Esperanto), purkki (Finnish), Behälter [masculine] (German), Büchse [feminine] (German), Dose [feminine] (German), fémdoboz (Hungarian), fémtartály (Hungarian), bádogdoboz (Hungarian), fémhenger (Hungarian), fémhüvely (Hungarian), persely (Hungarian), ceanastar [masculine] (Irish), boiscín stáin [masculine] (Irish), 弾筒 (dantou) (Japanese), boks [masculine] (Norwegian), canistră [feminine] (Romanian), конте́йнер (kontɛ́jner) [masculine] (Russian), коро́бка (koróbka) [feminine] (Russian), бокс (boks) [masculine] (Russian), lata [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-canister-en-noun-evVB2gIA Disambiguation of 'cylindrical metal receptacle': 27 46 11 5 7 1 3
  3. 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.
    Sense id: en-canister-en-noun-d~0CIGb9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 10 22 21 8 10 24 1
  4. A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition. Translations (projectile component): картеч (karteč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hylsy (Finnish), kartessi (Finnish), gránát (Hungarian), kartács (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-canister-en-noun--j-IynLs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 10 22 21 8 10 24 1 Disambiguation of 'projectile component': 3 2 12 54 21 5 2
  5. 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. Translations (component of protective mask): suodatin (Finnish), Kartusche [feminine] (German), коро́бка (koróbka) (alt: противога́за) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-canister-en-noun-neBLyiNP Disambiguation of 'component of protective mask': 2 1 1 29 57 7 2
  6. Part of a windmill that connects the sails to the windshaft.
    Sense id: en-canister-en-noun-dYxInz~7
  7. (boxing, slang, archaic) A person's head. Tags: archaic, slang Categories (topical): Boxing, Containers
    Sense id: en-canister-en-noun-xTddTDyL Disambiguation of Containers: 9 7 18 16 12 7 27 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 10 22 21 8 10 24 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 12 21 16 7 6 31 2 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: canister Damascus, canister damascus, canister shot, oxygen canister

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkænɪstɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canister.wav [Southern-England] Forms: canisters [present, singular, third-person], canistering [participle, present], canistered [participle, past], canistered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English canister, canustyr, a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-trom}}, {{der|en|enm|canister}} Middle English canister, {{m|enm|canustyr}} canustyr, {{der|en|la|canistrum}} Latin canistrum Head templates: {{en-verb}} canister (third-person singular simple present canisters, present participle canistering, simple past and past participle canistered)
  1. (transitive) To pack into a canister. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-canister-en-verb-415EFfQH

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.