container
(noun) any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
container (plural containers)
Someone who contains; something that contains.
An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
Synonym: cargo container
(by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
(computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
(object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
(computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
• See also container
• (computing): branch container
• cotarnine, crenation, narcotine
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tain"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, contains.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
