English Explanatory Dictionary

container

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who contains; something that contains.
  2. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
  3. A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
  4. Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
  5. A file format that can hold various types of data.
  6. An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
  7. Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
  8. A web container.
  9. A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
  10. A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.

Pronunciation

/kənˈteɪnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-container.wav /kənˈteɪnɚ/ En-us-container.oga

Word forms

container containers

Etymology

From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain + -er.

Synonyms

container receptacle cargo container shipping container container format software container

Related words

hole :Category:Containers

Derived words

conetainer containerboard container crane container deposit container flat container format containerful containerisation containerization containerize containerless containerlike containerload container plant container port container ship containership container wagon containerware cryocontainer cubitainer evil container geocontainer keytainer microcontainer microtainer nanocontainer nanotainer roll container seatainer shipping container subcontainer tanktainer thermocontainer transtainer vacutainer waste container

Translations

French: conteneur Hungarian: tároló Persian: ظرف Slovene: vsebnik
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