canned

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kænd/ (General American, Canada, æ-raising) IPA(key): [keənd] ~ [kɛənd] (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /kand/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /kæːnd/ (Australia, æ-raising) IPA(key): [keːnd] ~ [kɛeːnd] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɛnd/ Rhymes: -ænd Homophone: band === Adjective === canned (not comparable) Preserved in cans. (by extension) Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization. canned laughter (slang) Drunk. Terminated, fired from a job. Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article. ==== Synonyms ==== (preserved in cans): tinned (prepared or standard): boilerplate, stock (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “preserved in cans”): dried ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === canned simple past and past participle of can === Anagrams === dancen, nanced