缶 — meaning in English

English meaning

• can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
• canned adj Sealed and preserved in a can.
• tank noun A large container built to hold a liquid or gas.
• tin noun A soft, silvery metallic element used especially to coat steel against rust.

Senses

缶 is used for these senses in English:

• canned Preserved in cans.
• tank A closed container for liquids or gases.
• 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.

canned — full definition

1. adj Sealed and preserved in a can.
2. adj Prepared in advance and generic, rather than spontaneous or original.
3. adj Informal: fired from a job.

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