container
Someone who contains; something that containsSomeone who contains; something that contains.: An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
» Dirty cutlery goes into that container.
Meaning
9 sensesSomeone who contains; something that contains.
An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
Behälter, Behältnis, Gefäß
конте́йнерkontɛ́jner, ёмкостьjómkostʹ, та́раtára
A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
Container
конте́йнерkontɛ́jner
конте́йнерkontéjner
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
(broadly)Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
A file format that can hold various types of data.
An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
A web container.
A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.
Examples
120 sentencesDirty cutlery goes into that container.
He emptied the container of its contents.
Do you know what's in those containers?
ruТы знаешь, что в тех контейнерах?
deWeißt du, was sich in jenen Behältnissen befindet?
Tom poured the sugar from one container to the other.
Tom opened the freezer and took out a container of ice cream.
deTom öffnete den Kühlschrank und nahm einen Behälter mit Eiscreme heraus.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English conteiner, equivalent to contain + -er.From Middle English conteiner, equivalent to contain + -er.
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Forms
plural: containers| Singular | container |
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