container
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is a type of: instrumentality, instrumentation - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some endsubtypes:
- bag - a flexible container with a single opening
- bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse - a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- basket, handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handles
- bin - a container; usually has a lid
- bowl, pipe bowl - a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
- box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- bread-bin, breadbox - a container used to keep bread or cake in
- bunker - a large container for storing fuel
- can, tin, tin can - airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- canister, cannister, tin - metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
- capsule - a small container
- cargo container - a large container for freight
- case - a portable container for carrying several objects
- case, display case, showcase, vitrine - a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- cassette - a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
- cup - a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- cylinder - a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
- dice box, dice cup - a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown
- dish - a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- dispenser - a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
- dumpster - a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
- empty - a container that has been emptied
- envelope - a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
- drinking glass, glass - a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
- grab bag - a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents
- magnetic bottle - container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions
- mailer - a container for something to be mailed
- manger, trough - a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
- measure - a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
- cast, mold, mould - container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- package, parcel - a wrapped container
- pan - shallow container made of metal
- fuel pod, pod - a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
- flowerpot, pot - a container in which plants are cultivated
- powder flask, powder horn - container for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal
- receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in
- reliquary - a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
- saltcellar - a small container for holding salt at the dining table
- bank, coin bank, money box, savings bank - a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- coal scuttle, scuttle - container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- shaker - a container in which something can be shaken
- spoon - a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
- storage ring - container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used
- thimble - a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container
- time capsule - container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time
- vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
- circular file, waste basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, wastepaper basket - a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
- watering can, watering pot - a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
- wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
- workbag, workbasket, workbox - container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
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