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canister
(kan′is tər)
noun
- a small box or can for coffee, tea, tobacco, etc.
- a boxlike vacuum cleaner
- Historical lead or iron shot in a container that scattered its contents when firedin full canister shot
- the part of a gas mask that contains the substances for filtering the air to be breathed
Origin: ME < L canistrum, wicker basket < Gr kanastron < kanna, a reed: see cane
See canister in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A usually cylindrical storage container, especially:a. A box or can of thin metal or plastic used for holding dry foodstuffs or cooking ingredients, such as flour or sugar.b. A small plastic container used for storing a roll of film.c. A metal container that holds pressurized gas, as one containing tear gas that explodes on impact or one containing oxygen as part of a breathing apparatus.
- a. A metallic cylinder packed with shot that scatter upon discharge from a cannon, formerly used as an antipersonnel round.b. Such cylinders, or the shot used in such cylinders, considered as a group.
- The part of a gas mask that contains the filter for removing toxic agents from the air.
Origin:
Origin: Latin canistrum, basket
Origin: , from Greek kanastron
Origin: , from kanna, reed; see cane
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