canister

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of canaster and knaster. (metal receptacle): Through influence of unrelated can. (projectile): Short for canister shot, so called for its casing. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkænɪstɚ/ === Noun === canister (plural canisters) A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches). Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top. A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles. A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition. A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents. Part of a windmill that connects the sails to the windshaft. (boxing, slang, archaic) A person's head. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== canasta canistel ==== Descendants ==== → German: Kanister→ Ladin: canister→ Polish: kanister→ Romanian: canistră → Irish: ceanastar ==== Translations ==== === Verb === canister (third-person singular simple present canisters, present participle canistering, simple past and past participle canistered) (transitive) To pack into a canister. === References === === Anagrams === Certains, Cestrian, Cretians, anticers, cisterna, creatins, nacrites, scantier, tercians