The sugar canister is empty.
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Canister
//ˈkænɪstɚ//
Synonyms for "canister" (12 found)
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51 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- картеч noun (projectile component)
- кути́я noun (container)
Esperanto
3 entries- ladskatolo noun (container)
- ladskatolo noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- ujo noun (container)
Finnish
4 entries- hylsy noun (projectile component)
- kartessi noun (projectile component)
- purkki noun (container)
- purkki noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
German
4 entries- Behälter noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- Büchse noun (container)
- Büchse noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- Dose noun (container)
Hungarian
4 entries- bádogdoboz noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- doboz noun (container)
- fémdoboz noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- fémhenger noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
Irish
3 entries- boiscín stáin noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- ceanastar noun (container)
- ceanastar noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
Japanese
2 entries- 小型の缶 noun (container)
- 弾筒 noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
Norwegian
2 entries- boks noun (container)
- boks noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
Polish
1 entries- bidon noun (container)
Portuguese
1 entries- lata noun (container)
Romanian
1 entries- canistră noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
Russian
4 entries- ба́нка noun (container)
- бокс noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- конте́йнер noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- коро́бка noun (container)
Spanish
4 entries- bidón noun (container)
- lata noun (container)
- lata noun (cylindrical metal receptacle)
- pote noun (container)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Sami found a canister leaking gas in the kitchen.
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Some of the events have produced painful viral video, including a recent video of a Massachusetts man accidentally firing an explosive canister of blue smoke directly into his crotch.
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Ziri handed Rima an oxygen canister.
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