canister
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
Types & categories
- ammunition hypernym
Parts & wholes
- shot part meronym
Sense 2 noun
metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
Types & categories
- container hypernym
Related & opposite
- can derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shot |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ammunition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | can |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |