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container
English
Etymology
From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?te?n?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?te?n?/
- Rhymes: -e?n?(r)
Noun
container (plural containers)
- Someone who contains; something that contains.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:container
- (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- Synonyms: cargo container, shipping container
- (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- Synonym: container format
- (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
- (computing) A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
- Synonym: software container
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Further reading
- container on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- anorectin, cotarnine, crenation, narcotine
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English container.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?n?te?.n?r/
- Hyphenation: con?tai?ner
- Rhymes: -e?n?r
Noun
container m (plural containers, diminutive containertje n)
- cargo container
- Synonym: vrachtcontainer
- dumpster or domestic recycling bin, large waste container
- Synonyms: afvalcontainer, vuilcontainer
Derived terms
- afvalcontainer
- containerbegrip
- containerhaven
- containerschip
- vuilcontainer
- vrachtcontainer
French
Etymology
From English container (during the 1920s).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.t?.n??/
Noun
container f (plural containers)
- container
- Synonym: conteneur
Further reading
- “container” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- actionner, connaitre, connaître, encornait, reconnait, reconnaît, renonçait
Italian
Etymology
From English container.
Noun
container m (invariable)
- (cargo) container (a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods)
Derived terms
- containerizzare
Further reading
- container in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- konteiner
Etymology
From English container.
Noun
container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containere, definite plural containerne)
- a container (large metal box for transporting goods)
Derived terms
- containerhavn
- containerskip
References
- “container” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- konteinar
Etymology
From English container.
Noun
container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containerar, definite plural containerane)
- a container (large metal box for transporting goods)
Derived terms
- containerskip
References
- “container” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
container m (plural containers)
- Alternative spelling of contêiner
Spanish
Etymology
From English container.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?teine?/, [kõn??t?ei?.ne?]
Noun
container m (plural containers)
- container
- Synonym: contenedor
Further reading
- “container” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Etymology
From English container.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?jn?r/
Noun
container c
- container
Declension
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hogshead
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle English hoggeshed, hogges-hed, hogeshed, hoggeshede, hoggesheed, hoggesheudes, hoggesheved, hoggishede, hoggisheed, hoggyssehed, hogyshed, hoogeshed (“measure of liquid capacity equivalent to about 63 gallons; large barrel or cask”, literally “hog’s head”), from hog, hogge (“swine, especially a castrated male swine”) + hed (“animal or human head”), equivalent to hog +? 's +? head. The connection between the cask and the head of a hog is uncertain, but may refer to the shape of the cask. The word has often been borrowed into other languages as “ox-head”.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??z?h?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??z?h?d/, /?h??z-/
- Hyphenation: hogs?head
Noun
hogshead (plural hogsheads)
- (Britain) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1?2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) hhd.
- A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
Translations
References
Further reading
- hogshead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Etymology
From English hogshead.
Noun
hogshead m (plural hogsheads)
- hogshead (an English measure of liquids)
hogshead From the web:
- = 238.480942 liters
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