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Another word for can

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Noun

  1. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention

      1. To pass an implement through (a liquid, for example), usually in circular motions, so as to mix or cool the contents:
      2. To use an implement to move or rearrange the fuel in (a fire) to increase light or heat.
      3. To add or mix in (an ingredient, for example) into a liquid or mixture by moving an implement:
      1. One that slams:
      2. A jail.
      1. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
      2. The amount that a jug can hold.
      3. A small pitcher.
      1. A place or part at which two or more things are joined.
      2. A way in which two or more things are joined:
      3. A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.
      1. A small enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
      2. A cramped or uncomfortably confined space.
      3. A jail or prison.
      1. A device, container, or room that cools or keeps cool.
      2. A cold drink, usually carbonated, fruit-flavored, and containing wine or other alcoholic ingredients.
      3. A jail.
      1. To make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound:
      2. A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal.
      1. A ballpoint pen.
      2. A fountain pen.
      3. A pen point.
      1. A jail, especially one in which offenders are held while awaiting a court hearing.
      2. The act or an instance of locking.
      3. The state of being locked.
      1. A place for the confinement and punishment of persons convicted of crimes, especially felonies.
      2. A state of imprisonment or captivity:
      3. A place or condition of confinement or restriction:
      1. A prison for those convicted of major crimes.
      2. A tribunal of the Roman Curia having jurisdiction in matters relating to penance, dispensations, and papal absolutions.
      3. A priest whose special function is the administration of the sacrament of penance in a particular church or diocese.
      1. To retain possession of:
      2. To have as a supply:
      3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:
      1. A place of detention, especially for persons who are accused of committing a crime and have not been released on bail or for persons who are serving short sentences after conviction of a misdemeanor.
      2. Detention in a jail.
      3. To detain in a jail.
      1. An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
      2. An institution dedicated to the management and rehabilitation of persons perceived to be at risk of becoming criminals.
      1. A two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on both masts.
      2. A jail or prison on board a US Navy or Coast Guard vessel.
      3. A jail or guardhouse, especially on the premises of a US military installation.
    See also:

    free

Verb

  1. To prepare (food) for storage and future use

    See also:

    keep

  2. To end the employment or service of

      1. A bag, especially one made of strong material for holding grain or objects in bulk.
      2. The amount that a sack can hold:
      3. A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.
      1. To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.
      2. To move jerkily; bump:
      3. To bound:
      1. A durable covering for the foot and part or much of the leg, usually made of leather, fabric, plastic, or rubber.
      2. A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
      3. An automobile trunk.
      1. A notice of termination of employment.
      1. A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance:
      2. A specific instance of this change that destroys something:
      3. A burning fuel:
      1. A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.
      2. Any of various bladed, handheld implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.
      3. A sudden termination of employment:
      1. To bring to an end or halt:
      2. To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish:
      3. To discontinue the employment of; dismiss:
      1. To set free from confinement or bondage:
      2. To set free from physical restraint or binding; let go:
      3. To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement:
      1. The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass.
      2. Liquid medicine administered in drops.
      3. A small quantity of a substance:
      1. To end the employment or service of; discharge.
      2. To direct or allow to leave:
      3. To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel:
      1. To release, as from confinement, care, or duty:
      2. To let go; empty out:
      3. To pour forth; emit:
      1. The officer of a bank or business concern in charge of paying and receiving money.
      2. A store employee who handles cash transactions with customers.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    keep

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Another word for can

Noun

  1. A container

      1. A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
      2. The amount that a pail can hold.
      1. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.
      2. The amount that a bucket can hold:
      3. A unit of dry measure in the US Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).
      1. A receptacle having a narrow neck, usually no handles, and a mouth that can be plugged, corked, or capped.
      2. The quantity that a bottle holds.
      3. A receptacle filled with milk or formula that is fed, as to babies, in place of breast milk.
      1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.
      2. The amount that a jar can hold.
      3. A glass of beer.
      1. A wrapped or boxed object; a parcel:
      2. A container or wrapping in which something is stored, transported, or sold:
      3. A commodity, such as food, contained in a package and sold as a unit:
      1. A container that holds items or matter.
      2. The expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral parts or the florets of the flower head.
      3. A fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug.
      1. A box or can of thin metal or plastic used for holding dry foodstuffs or cooking ingredients, such as flour or sugar.
      2. A small plastic container used for storing a roll of film.
      3. A metal container that holds pressurized gas, as one containing tear gas that explodes on impact or one containing oxygen as part of a breathing apparatus.
      1. A container of tin-coated sheet metal used especially for preserving food.
      2. A naval destroyer.
      1. A crystalline, silvery metallic element obtained chiefly from cassiterite, and having two notable allotropic forms. Malleable white tin is the useful allotrope, but at temperatures below 13.2°C it slowly converts to the brittle gray allotrope. Tin is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion and is a part of numerous alloys, such as soft solder, pewter, type metal, and bronze. Atomic number 50; atomic weight 118.71; melting point 231.93°C; boiling point 2,602°C; specific gravity (gray) 5.77, (white) 7.29; valence 2, 4.
      2. Tin plate.
      3. A container or box made of tin plate.
    See also:

    container

  2. *Jail

      1. To pass an implement through (a liquid, for example), usually in circular motions, so as to mix or cool the contents:
      2. To use an implement to move or rearrange the fuel in (a fire) to increase light or heat.
      3. To add or mix in (an ingredient, for example) into a liquid or mixture by moving an implement:
      1. A prison for those convicted of major crimes.
      2. A tribunal of the Roman Curia having jurisdiction in matters relating to penance, dispensations, and papal absolutions.
      3. A priest whose special function is the administration of the sacrament of penance in a particular church or diocese.
      1. A place for the confinement and punishment of persons convicted of crimes, especially felonies.
      2. A state of imprisonment or captivity:
      3. A place or condition of confinement or restriction:
    See also:

    jail

  3. *A toilet

    See also:

    toilet

  4. *The buttocks

    See also:

    rump

Verb

  1. To preserve

      1. To retain possession of:
      2. To have as a supply:
      3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:
      1. Planned or prearranged secretly:
      1. A receptacle having a narrow neck, usually no handles, and a mouth that can be plugged, corked, or capped.
      2. The quantity that a bottle holds.
      3. A receptacle filled with milk or formula that is fed, as to babies, in place of breast milk.
    See also:

    preserve

  2. *To discharge

      1. Used other than as an idiom: see let,‎ go.
      2. (intransitive, with of and , with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
      3. To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
      1. To force or drive out:
      2. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle:
      3. To deprive of membership or rights in an organization; force to leave:
      1. A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance:
      2. A specific instance of this change that destroys something:
      3. A burning fuel:
    See also:

    dismiss

  3. *To stop

    See also:

    stop

  4. To be able

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Sentence Examples

  • Can you watch the house for me while I'm gone?

  • I can do it.

  • I can take care of myself.

  • You can spend it with a free conscience.

  • Yes, can you believe the luck?

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