can
A can is a metal container, usually cylindrical in shape, which has an airtight seal when it’s new. All kinds of goods come in cans, from fruit and vegetables to paint and oil.
The verb can means to preserve food in a can or glass jar. If your garden produces more tomatoes than you can possibly eat, you might make salsa and can it to eat all winter long. Can is also a slang word with several meanings. It means rear end, toilet, and it also means to fire someone: “Watch out, the boss canned three people yesterday! You could be next.”
airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
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beer cana can that holds beer
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caddy, tea caddya can for storing tea
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cannikina small can
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coffee cana can for storing ground coffee
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milk canlarge can for transporting milk
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oilcana can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery
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soda cana can for holding soft drinks
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containerany 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)
the quantity contained in a can
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containerfulthe quantity that a container will hold
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containerful
preserve in a can or tin
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
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retiremake (someone) retire
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pension offlet go from employment with an attractive pension
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clean outforce out
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furlough, lay offdismiss, usually for economic reasons
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squeeze outforce out
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dismiss, drop, send away, send packingstop associating with
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superannuateretire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
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downsizedismiss from work
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removeremove from a position or an office
a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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flushless toileta toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water)
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flush toilet, lavatorya toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
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potty chair, potty seattoilet consisting of a small seat used by young children
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plumbing fixturea fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building
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flushless toilet
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
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head(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
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comfort station, convenience, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash rooma toilet that is available to the public
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washrooma lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place)
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W.C., closet, loo, water closeta toilet in Britain
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ladies’ room, powder rooma woman’s restroom in a public (or semipublic) building
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latrinea public toilet in a military area
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men’s, men’s rooma public toilet for men
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rooman area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling