Definition of canister Canister

/kæˈnʌstɚ/ - [kanuster] - can•is•ter

We found 14 definitions of canister from 7 different sources.

What does canister mean?

Noun Plural: canisters
canister - metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
		cannister, tin
		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)
canister - a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
		case shot, canister shot
		ammo, ammunition projectiles to be fired from a gun

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canister (Noun)
A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product as tea, crackers, flour, matches.
canister (Noun)
Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
canister (Noun)
A special short range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
canister (Noun)
A component of canister type protective mask containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.
canister (Noun)
A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.

canister (n.)
A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.
canister (n.)
A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.
canister (n.)
A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot.

canister
A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).

canister
kan′is-tėr, n. a box or case, usually of tin, for holding tea, shot, &c.: short for canister-shot, or case-shot.—n. Can′ister-shot (same as Case-Shot, q.v.). [L. canistrum, a wicker-basket; Gr. kanastron—kannē, a reed.]

canister
In the U. S. service, a round of canister consists of a hollow tin cylinder filled with cast iron or lead balls, which vary in size and number with the caliber and kind of piece; the cylinder is closed at the bottom by a thick cast-iron plate, and at the top by one of sheet-iron. The interstices between the balls are filled with dry sawdust, the object of which is to give more solidity to the mass, and to prevent the balls from crowding on one another when the piece is fired. In the English service this is called case-shot.