CONTAINER

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


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• See also container

Hyponyms

• (computing): branch container

Anagrams

• cotarnine, crenation, narcotine

Source: Wiktionary


Con*tain"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, contains.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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