can² /kan/

1. A tin, a container of tin-plate in which meat, fruit, etc are sealed up to preserve them
2. A container for holding or carrying liquids, generally of tinned iron, with a handle over the top
3. The amount that a can holds (see also canful below)
4. A container for various things, such as ashes or rubbish (N American)
5. A drinking-mug
6. A chimney pot
7. A cylindrical container for storing film
8. A jacket in which a fuel rod is sealed in an atomic reactor
9. A depth charge (naval sl)
10. (with the) jail (slang)
11. A lavatory (slang)
12. The buttocks (N Am sl)
13. (in pl) headphones (slang)

1. To put into tins in order to preserve
2. To store in containers
3. To stop, put an end to (N Am sl; see also can it below)
4. To dismiss or sack from a job (N Am sl)
5. To record (music, etc) in advance

canˈful noun (pl canˈfuls)

The amount that a can holds

canned adjective

1. Packed in tins
2. (of music, etc) recorded in advance for reproduction on a sound track or video, prerecorded
3. Drunk (slang)

• tap stock
• tap stocks
• tapstry
• tapu
• tap up
• tap water
• taqueria
• taquerias
• tar
• tara
• taradiddle
• taradiddles
• tara fern
• tarakihi
• tarakihis
• taramasalata
• taramasalatas
• taramosalata
• tarand
• tar and feather
• tarands
• tarantara
• tarantaras
• tarantas
• tarantases