canister

Noun

canister (plural canisters)

1. A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches)
2. any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top
3. 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.
4. Component of canister type protective mask containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.
5. Projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.

8 letters in word "canister": A C E I N R S T.

No anagrams for canister found in this word list.

• Definitions:
• a type of anti personnel canon load in which lead balls or other loose metallic items were enclosed in a tin or iron shell. ...
• Frequently called case shot, this short-range, antipersonnel ammunition was used as early as 1453 and continued in service as long as muzzle-loading artillery remained. A metal can, or case, contained iron or lead balls or metal scrap. ...
• The cylindrical tin container holding many small iron balls, the whole referred to as case shot. An anti-personnel load which turned a cannon into a giant shotgun.
• Small iron balls fired from a cannon with the effect of a shotgun, scattering shot in all directions. [ Top of Page ]
• used to hold and store household quantities of flour, sugar, coffee, and tea. Can be used for decorative purposes.
• A projectile, shot from a cannon, filled with about 35 iron balls the size of marbles that scattered like the pellets of a shotgun.
• artillery projectile of lead balls in a tin container; also known as case-shot.
• Day and number of nonconforming film canisters. (Chapter 18)
• Clan slang for the eugenics program of the warrior caste. It can also refer specifically to the artificial wombs.
• case shot: a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
• The term canister originally referred to a basket of woven reeds but is now commonly used to refer to any container that is roughly cylindrical in shape. The abbreviated form can refers more specifically to a metal canister. ...

• canistels ←
• canistel ←
• caninity ←
• canister
• → canistered
• → canistering
• → canisterisation