container
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
Types & categories
- instrumentation
- bag
- handbag
- basket
- bin
- pipe bowl
- box
- bread-bin
- bunker
- can
- cannister
- capsule
- cargo container
- case
- display case
- cassette
- cup
- cylinder
- dice cup
- dish
- dispenser
- drawer
- Dumpster
- empty
- envelope
- drinking glass
- grab bag
- magnetic bottle
- mailer
- manger
- measure
- cast
- parcel
- pan
- fuel pod
- flowerpot
- powder horn
- receptacle
- reliquary
- saltcellar
- money box
- scuttle
- shaker
- spoon
- storage ring
- thimble
- time capsule
- vessel
- wastepaper basket
- watering can
- wheeled vehicle
- workbasket
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | containerize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contain |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrumentation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bag |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | handbag |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | basket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pipe bowl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | box |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bread-bin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | can |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannister |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | capsule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cargo container |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | case |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | display case |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cassette |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cylinder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dice cup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispenser |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drawer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Dumpster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | empty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | envelope |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drinking glass |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grab bag |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | magnetic bottle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mailer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | measure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parcel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fuel pod |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flowerpot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | powder horn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | receptacle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reliquary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | saltcellar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | money box |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scuttle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shaker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | storage ring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thimble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | time capsule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vessel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wastepaper basket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | watering can |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheeled vehicle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | workbasket |