Definition of Canisters

1. Noun. (plural of canister) ¹

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Definition of Canisters

1. canister [n] - See also: canister

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canisters

canings
caniniform
caninities
caninity
caninophile
caninophiles
caninus muscle
caniphobia
caniphobias
canistel
canistel tree
canistels
canister
canister shot
canisterlike
canisters
canities
canities circumscripta
canities poliosis
canities unguium
canivorous
canker brake
canker rash
canker sore
canker sores
cankered
cankeredness
cankering
cankerlike

Literary usage of Canisters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"The War Board Issues a Circular Relative to Cartridge Boxes and Canisters. .Wai- Office March 28th 1778. Sir, I do myself the honor to inclose you the ..."

2. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1852)
"... proof of the value of the invention to excuse a joke or two, and conclude, ere we leave our reader like one of the canisters—an exhausted receiver. ..."

3. Spent Nuclear Fuel Discharges from U. S. Reactors (1993) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Canisters A canister is a container which may hold spent nuclear fuel, ... These canisters are temporarily stored in spent fuel pools at reactor sites and ..."

4. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"CHAPTER III Gas Defense Equipment, the Problem of Gas Masks, Box Respirator Equipment, Canister Ingredients, Carbon (Charcoal) for American Canisters, ..."

5. The Wassail-bowl by Albert Smith (1843)
"From the aforesaid canisters we were enabled to glean much valuable pictorial information respecting the domestic manners of the Chinese. ..."

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