Definition of can Can

/kæˈn/ - [kan] - Can

We found 39 definitions of can from 8 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: cans

can - airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
  tin, tin can
  container 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)
  beer can a can that holds beer
  caddy, tea caddy a can for storing tea
  cannikin a small can
  coffee can a can for storing ground coffee
  milk can large can for transporting milk
  oilcan a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery
can - a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
  can buoy
can - the quantity contained in a can
  canful

Verb

can, can, could  

can - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
  tin, put up
  preserve, keep prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
  cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • can
    an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
  • can (n.)
    A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
  • can (n.)
    A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.
  • can (v. t.)
    To preserve by putting in sealed cans
  • can (v. t. & i.)
    To know; to understand.
  • can (v. t. & i.)
    To be able to do; to have power or influence.
  • can (v. t. & i.)
    To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • can
    A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.
  • can
    To be able to.
  • can
    To have permission to. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
  • can
    A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium
  • can
    A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
  • can
    A ceramic device used for depositing and removing human excrement with water through flushing.
  • can
    The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on.
  • can
    A small, round-shaped metal container, used for different purposes like storing food or liquids, or collecting money.
  • can
    To preserve in a can or tin.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • can
    kan, v.i. to be able: to have sufficient power:—pa.t. Could.—Can is used for gan in M. E. and even in Spenser. [A.S. cunnan, to know (how to do a thing), to be able, pres. indic. can; Goth. kunnan, Ger. können, to be able. See Know.]
  • can
    kan, n. a vessel for holding or carrying liquids, generally of tinned iron, with a handle over the top: a chimney-pot: a vessel of tin-plate in which meat, fruit, &c. are hermetically sealed for exporting—in England usually called a tin: a drinking-mug.—v.t. to put up for preservation in cans.—n.pl. Canned′-goods, meat, fruit, &c. so prepared for preservation.—n. Can′nery, a place where meat, fish, fruit, &c. are canned. [A.S. canne; cf. L. canna, a reed, Gr. kannē, a reed.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • can
    A tin vessel used by sailors to drink out of.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • can
    A man can do more than he can.

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  • can, verb, present, 1st person singular of can (infinitive).
  • can, verb (infinitive).
  • can, verb, present, 3rd person singular of can (infinitive).
  • can, noun, singular of cans.

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