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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