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container
/kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/
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What does container mean?
noun
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A file format that can hold various types of data.
- An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
- A web container.
- A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.
- A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.
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The gas of gasoline is heavier than air, so a container should never be held ABOVE a flame.
These classes already insert page breaks before the container so you need not insert page breaks on your own.
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Put some big ones and some little things of about the same density in a box or other container and shake them.
Each device represents a different filling problem, different difficulties with regard to contact of the war chemical and the envelope of the container.
When it is time to turn the heap, the front is removed and the heap is turned right back into its original container.