Meaning

1 senses

  1. To pack into a canister.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. The police threw tear gas canisters.

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  2. The police shot tear gas canisters at the crowd.

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  3. Tom got hit in the head by a tear gas canister.

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  4. Tear gas canisters could be seen on the road after the rioters had left.

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  5. Edmundo shot a gas canister and missed.

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Origin

From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of cana

From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of canaster and knaster.

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Forms

canisters, canistering, canistered, canistered
Base formcanister · to canister
3rd person singularcanisters
Present participlecanistering
Past simplecanistered
Past participlecanistered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycanister
he, she, itcanisters

Past simpleLesson

all personscanistered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave canistered
he, she, ithas canistered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill canister

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
caneB2caninecankercannabiscannery
canister — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto