canisters

variants also cannisters
plural of canister
as in tins
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 canisters It's powered by standard butane, propane and butane/propane mix gas canisters, and Fire Maple recommends the butane/propane mix for the best performance in cold weather. New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025 The size of these canisters, with an inner diameter of just 220 millimeters, is designed to maintain sub-criticality. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025 The seminar will include a review of inspections done on the canisters at San Onofre’s storage sites. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025 It's become a popular party and rave drug, distributed in balloons or canisters, where they're called whippets. Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 Federal agents responded with chemical crowd control munitions, including tear gas canisters and less-lethal guns that sprayed pepper balls. Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025 Alejandra's arms are full of fuel canisters. Teri Schultz, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025 Protesters were met with gas canisters and pepper pellets, Fox 32 reported. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 If readings reach dangerous levels, astronauts can construct a makeshift radiation shield inside Orion, fortifying themselves between the spacecraft's heatshield and water storage canisters, both of which are better at absorbing penetrating radiation than other onboard materials. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canisters
Noun
  • Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The pantry is stacked with corroding tins and stoneware jugs nailed into position with wooden dowels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Price contends the Jameson portion of the USGS report is outdate and inaccurate, pointing to a much more recent 2025 third-party review from Sproule ERCE energy consultants that estimates the Jameson basin could hold 9 billion net barrels of recoverable crude oil.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Orange construction barrels are seemingly everywhere.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.
    Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Health inspectors cited the soul food restaurant after discovering that the kitchen handwashing sink was blocked with multiple plastic buckets in the sink basin.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His playing has now come to be an omen of danger, so visitors who hear drums playing should be wary.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In 1977, Rivers first began playing music in middle school, beginning with tuba because his friend, future Limp Bizkit drummer John Otto, played jazz drums.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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