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canister

noun as in bin

noun as in bucket

Strongest matches

Strong matches

noun as in can

noun as in pail

Strongest matches

Strong matches

noun as in pot

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Example Sentences

On another, Garrison said he handed a doctor a bottle of wine in a canister packed with $100 bills.

The idea is fairly simple: take a sealed metal canister and fill it with radio waves, which are a low-energy form of light.

We were filming the ceasefire line when some jerk threw a teargas canister in the air.

When they got a clear shot, they fired a teargas canister directly at his upper body.

Or Mustafa Tamimi, who died when a soldier shot a tear gas canister directly at his face from only a few yards' distance.

The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.

This time they were not met by the cavalrymen alone, but the cannon belched forth its deadly charge of canister in their faces.

Quick as thought, the two cannon were run forward and a storm of canister swept the bushes.

The gunners at the batteries were quick to respond, and sent grape and canister across the stream.

Birney wheeled his batteries into position, and opened with canister, and the Rebels fled to the shelter of the woods.

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On this page you'll find 161 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to canister, such as: basket, box, carton, case, crate, and receptacle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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