variants also cannister
as in tin
a metal container in the shape of a cylinder she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade

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Recent Examples of canister Food vendors sizzled meats at vendor stalls and kept juices in massive, unlabeled canisters under the gritty subway underpass – devoid of any labels or apparent sanitation or health and safety standards. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025 Disbursement non-lethal shots, flash bangs, and gas canisters were heard being fired over the crowd by the cops. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 June 2025 Deputies responded with pepper spray canisters and ordered them to disperse. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025 After Ana Gallego’s son shot her in the leg outside her ranch-style home in Altadena, law enforcement plowed through three walls with two small tanks and threw tear gas canisters in every window in the hopes of flushing out the suspect. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for canister
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Noun
  • Go for the classics like hotdogs and burgers, or try less-traditional options like cooking baked potatoes in tin foil or making a big batch of taco meat over the fire and serving up nachos or tacos.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
  • Tea Lemon ginger tea, peppermint tea and hibiscus tea all sell for $12 for a tin of 12 bags, or $1 per bag.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Single Barrel is self-explanatory; the whiskey is from one single barrel and, as such, can vary between bottlings.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The law had imposed a $200 tax on machine guns and shotguns and rifles with barrels shorter than 18 inches, and also required the federal registration of these types of firearms.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Keep a bucket of water, hose or a fire extinguisher on hand.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2025
  • Seattle showed their veteran resiliency against the Atlanta Dream, holding off a late-game surge and sealing the win with a Skylar Diggins-Smith bucket.
    Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025

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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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