Canister
noun
A small box or round container, often made of metal, for holding things like food, chemicals, or rolls of film.
She kept her coffee in a metal canister to keep it fresh.
Often appears as...
- coffee canister
- gas canister
noun
A type of bomb or weapon that explodes and spreads small pieces of metal or other material over a large area.
The riot police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd to disperse the protesters.
Often appears as...
- tear gas canister
- smoke canister
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noun
A small box or round container, often made of metal, for holding things like food, chemicals, or rolls of film.
She kept her coffee in a metal canister to keep it fresh.
Often appears as...
- coffee canister
- gas canister
noun
A type of bomb or weapon that explodes and spreads small pieces of metal or other material over a large area.
The riot police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd to disperse the protesters.
Often appears as...
- tear gas canister
- smoke canister
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Storage Use
Canisters are often used to store everyday items, especially in the kitchen for food preservation.
She filled the coffee canister with freshly ground beans.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Variance
Canisters can be made of metal, glass, or plastic, each material affecting the item's freshness differently.
He opted for a glass canister to store his flour.
Pro Tip 3/3Seal Tightness
The effectiveness of a canister often depends on how airtight the seal is to prevent spoilage.
The rubber seal on the canister keeps the sugar dry.
Pro Tip 1/3Storage Use
Canisters are often used to store everyday items, especially in the kitchen for food preservation.
She filled the coffee canister with freshly ground beans.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Variance
Canisters can be made of metal, glass, or plastic, each material affecting the item's freshness differently.
He opted for a glass canister to store his flour.
Pro Tip 3/3Seal Tightness
The effectiveness of a canister often depends on how airtight the seal is to prevent spoilage.
The rubber seal on the canister keeps the sugar dry.
Pro Tip 1/3Storage Use
Canisters are often used to store everyday items, especially in the kitchen for food preservation.
She filled the coffee canister with freshly ground beans.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Variance
Canisters can be made of metal, glass, or plastic, each material affecting the item's freshness differently.
He opted for a glass canister to store his flour.
Pro Tip 3/3Seal Tightness
The effectiveness of a canister often depends on how airtight the seal is to prevent spoilage.
The rubber seal on the canister keeps the sugar dry.
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Tim Brown: Tales of...
And one of the designers ran out of the room and grabbed a white board marker and a film canister -- which is now becoming a very precious prototyping medium -- and a clothespin. He taped them all together, ran back into the room and said, "You mean, something like this?" And the surgeons grabbed hold of it and said, well, I want to hold it like this, or like that.
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Bill Gross: Great ideas...
the exact optimum to get the most power per dollar, irrespective of weight, irrespective of size, just to get the most conversion of solar energy, because the sun is free. And that's the process we took -- let me show you how the engine works. The simplest heat engine, or hot air engine, of all time would be this -- take a box, a steel canister, with a piston.
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The deadly irony of...
and the energy takes the easiest exit from the canister, launching the firework high into the sky. The flame then makes its way through the firework's encasing and the same reaction occurs high above our heads. So, while the Chinese alchemists never found the compound for eternal life, they did find something
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Taking a Jet Pack Flight...
out even though Troy and his team have improved upon Bell's model fuel capacity seems to forever be the jetpacks biggest hang-up because a tank can only hold what a pilot can carry at the present time nobody has solved their problem you have to have large canisters of fuel and
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Unsung Heroes of Everest...
If you shove that whole backpack full of oxygen canisters it's incredible weights, more than more than the body weight quite often. The work the Sherpa are famous for is this high altitude work. This is Ama Dablam Camp Two. This is one of the most dramatic camps in the world,
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The call to learn PIPE...
There's a riot going on on campus, and the police are chasing me, right? I'm walking across campus. Cop comes and looks at me and says, "You! You're a student." Pulls out a gun. Goes boom! And a tear gas canister the size of a Pepsi can goes by my head. Whoosh!
Video examples
Lucy in the Sky with...
now since the cargo is so rare researchers want to make sure they don't let any data go to waste michael says osiris-rex will adapt some techniques pioneered by the japanese missions they were very careful about the way that they opened the canister
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Why doesn’t anything...
The strange, white substance that formed inside his lab canister was chemically inert, meaning it wouldn't react with other substances. It also had an extremely low coefficient of friction, making other materials slide right off it.
Video examples
How Powerful Is a Dog's...
today she's going to try to sniff out something neil has hidden a canister containing pork meat but what's extraordinary is that it's not on dry land it's in the lake deep under water what we want to do is pick for a note
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A boat carrying 500...
One man approached them with a small baby perched on his shoulder, nine months old -- Malek. He was holding onto a gas canister to stay afloat, and he said to them,
Video examples
Tim Brown: Tales of...
And one of the designers ran out of the room and grabbed a white board marker and a film canister -- which is now becoming a very precious prototyping medium -- and a clothespin. He taped them all together, ran back into the room and said, "You mean, something like this?" And the surgeons grabbed hold of it and said, well, I want to hold it like this, or like that.
Video examples
Bill Gross: Great ideas...
the exact optimum to get the most power per dollar, irrespective of weight, irrespective of size, just to get the most conversion of solar energy, because the sun is free. And that's the process we took -- let me show you how the engine works. The simplest heat engine, or hot air engine, of all time would be this -- take a box, a steel canister, with a piston.
Video examples
The deadly irony of...
and the energy takes the easiest exit from the canister, launching the firework high into the sky. The flame then makes its way through the firework's encasing and the same reaction occurs high above our heads. So, while the Chinese alchemists never found the compound for eternal life, they did find something
Video examples
Taking a Jet Pack Flight...
out even though Troy and his team have improved upon Bell's model fuel capacity seems to forever be the jetpacks biggest hang-up because a tank can only hold what a pilot can carry at the present time nobody has solved their problem you have to have large canisters of fuel and
Video examples
Unsung Heroes of Everest...
If you shove that whole backpack full of oxygen canisters it's incredible weights, more than more than the body weight quite often. The work the Sherpa are famous for is this high altitude work. This is Ama Dablam Camp Two. This is one of the most dramatic camps in the world,
Video examples
The call to learn PIPE...
There's a riot going on on campus, and the police are chasing me, right? I'm walking across campus. Cop comes and looks at me and says, "You! You're a student." Pulls out a gun. Goes boom! And a tear gas canister the size of a Pepsi can goes by my head. Whoosh!
Video examples
Lucy in the Sky with...
now since the cargo is so rare researchers want to make sure they don't let any data go to waste michael says osiris-rex will adapt some techniques pioneered by the japanese missions they were very careful about the way that they opened the canister
Video examples
Why doesn’t anything...
The strange, white substance that formed inside his lab canister was chemically inert, meaning it wouldn't react with other substances. It also had an extremely low coefficient of friction, making other materials slide right off it.
Video examples
How Powerful Is a Dog's...
today she's going to try to sniff out something neil has hidden a canister containing pork meat but what's extraordinary is that it's not on dry land it's in the lake deep under water what we want to do is pick for a note
Video examples
A boat carrying 500...
One man approached them with a small baby perched on his shoulder, nine months old -- Malek. He was holding onto a gas canister to stay afloat, and he said to them,
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Quote examples
Sherman Austin
American Activist
When they searched my car, they said that they found a gasoline canister and I think duct tape. Who wouldn't have a gasoline canister on them when driving 3,000 miles across country?
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Michael Hutchence
Australian Musician
We'd have to suck away at oxygen canisters between songs just so that we could keep playing.
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Sherman Austin
American Activist
When they searched my car, they said that they found a gasoline canister and I think duct tape. Who wouldn't have a gasoline canister on them when driving 3,000 miles across country?
Quote examples
Michael Hutchence
Australian Musician
We'd have to suck away at oxygen canisters between songs just so that we could keep playing.
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