boîte de conserve — meaning in English

English meaning

• can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
• clanker noun Something that makes a clanking noise.
• tin noun A soft, silvery metallic element used especially to coat steel against rust.

Senses

boîte de conserve is used for these senses in English:

• can A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
• clanker (Internet slang, derogatory, jocular, originally, science fiction) A robot or artificial intelligence.
• tin (NZ, AU, South African, Irish, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
• tin can A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.

can — full definition

1. verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
2. verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
3. noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
4. verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
5. verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.

clanker — full definition

1. noun Something that makes a clanking noise.
2. noun A robot or artificial intelligence.
3. noun A person who uses automated technology or generative AI.

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