container
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
container/kənˈteɪnə(r)/
▶noun an object for holding or transporting something.
■ a large standard-sized metal box for the transport of goods by road, rail, sea, or air.
'container' also found in these Oxford entries:
acetabulum
- alembic
- aquamanile
- autoclave
- bag
- bain-marie
- ballot
- barrel
- basin
- basket
- bath
- battery
- beaker
- blackjack
- blowdown
- bomb
- bottle
- box
- braise
- broach
- bucket
- buddle
- bulb
- bung
- bunker
- cabinet
- caddy
- calabash
- can
- canister
- capsule
- cart
- carton
- cartridge
- case
- cask
- casserole
- castor
- censer
- centrifuge
- cesspool
- chanterelle
- charge
- chicken brick
- cocotte
- coffret
- compartment
- cone
- containerize
