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canister

noun

ˈka-nə-stər

variants also cannister

Definition of canister

as in barrel

a metal container in the shape of a cylinder she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade

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Recent Examples of canister Crews have drilled a 6,000-foot data acquisition well and recently delivered a prototype reactor canister to the location, marking another step toward validating the underground deployment concept. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026 Because the effect is so short, a user chasing it can go through dozens of canisters in a sitting. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The radioactive waste at San Onofre is stored in more than 120 stainless steel canisters at the now-shuttered generation station, known as SONGS, because the federal government has yet to find a permanent repository to send it. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 An investigation by the bomb squad quickly cleared the canister and roads have since reopened. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for canister

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On-again, off-again negotiations have shown little sign of a breakthrough, encouraging oil producers and Gulf nations to seek out other trade routes, some of which are already transporting millions of barrels each day.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Brent is back above $90 a barrel, sending stocks across Asia-Pacific into the red.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of barrel

Noun

Beard replaced Dan Mitchell on the drums in ZZ Top in 1969 and helped recruit Hill from American Blues.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Then, in the meditation hall, our cheery host suddenly turned serious and began pounding on a 350-year-old drum from a samurai castle used for marking the beginning of chores.

— Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026

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Vendors gather their primary ingredient from local elementary schools, where young boys relieve themselves in buckets.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
She was inspired by the example of Sarah Nixon, who, from 2001 to 2021, planted flowers in neighbors’ yards in Toronto and sold weekly flower-bucket and arrangement subscriptions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of bucket

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