"canning" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkænɪŋ/ Forms: cannings [plural]
Rhymes: -ænɪŋ Etymology templates: {{wp}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} canning (countable and uncountable, plural cannings)
  1. The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (preserving process): enllaunat [masculine] (Catalan), zavařování [neuter] (Czech), purkittaminen (Finnish), mise en conserve [feminine] (French), mise en boîte [feminine] (French), tartósítás (Hungarian), konzerválás (Hungarian), cannú [masculine] (Irish), 통조림 (tongjorim) (Korean), hermetisering (Norwegian), enlatamento [masculine] (Portuguese), ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦੀ (ḍabbābandī) [feminine] (Punjabi), enlatado [masculine] (Spanish), conservería [feminine] (Spanish), hermetisering (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-canning-en-noun-oUczERCI Disambiguation of 'preserving process': 88 12
  2. The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-canning-en-noun-MF2bYBal Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 37 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkænɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ænɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} canning
  1. (obsolete) present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”) Tags: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present Form of: can (extra: to be able to)
    Sense id: en-canning-en-verb-73J7OlNS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 37 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkænɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ænɪŋ Etymology templates: {{wp}} Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} canning
  1. present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”) Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: can (extra: to seal in a can)
    Sense id: en-canning-en-verb-2UAJdEN- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 37 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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