Canister
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Type of protective package used to contain and dispense keying material in punched or printed tape form.
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
Wordset Dictionary
a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
Classifications
Entity Type
Physical95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- canister shotcase shottin
- plural
- Canisters
- possessive
- Canister's
- pluralpossessive
- Canisters'