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Webster 1913 Edition
Container
Con-tain′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid or solid material, object or objects, especially for convenience in transporting the contained objects.
Definition 2024
Container
Container
See also: container
German
Alternative forms
Noun
Container m (genitive Containers, plural Container)
- a big container made of metal
Hyponyms
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Declension
Declension of Container
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Container | die | Container |
| genitive | eines | des | Containers | der | Container |
| dative | einem | dem | Container | den | Containern |
| accusative | einen | den | Container | die | Container |
container
container
See also: Container
English
A container (sense 3)
Noun
container (plural containers)
- Someone who contains; something that contains.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
- (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
- As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.
- 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
- (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:container
Descendants
- Portuguese: contêiner
Translations
an item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported
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a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods
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someone who holds people in their seats
file format
user interface component
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From English container (during the 1920s).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃tɛnɛʁ/
Noun
container f (plural containers)
Synonyms
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Alternative forms
Noun
container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containere, definite plural containerne)
- a container (large metal box for transporting goods)
Derived terms
References
- “container” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Alternative forms
Noun
container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containerar, definite plural containerane)
- a container (as above)
Derived terms
References
- “container” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔnˈtɛjnɛr/
Noun
container c
Declension
| Inflection of container | ||||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | container | containern | containrar | containrarna |
| Genitive | containers | containerns | containrars | containrarnas |