noun
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an object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc
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a large cargo-carrying standard-sized container that can be loaded from one mode of transport to another
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( as modifier )
a container port
a container ship
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Etymology
Origin of container
1400–50 for an earlier sense; 1495–1505 container for def. 1; late Middle English conteiner; contain, -er 1
Example Sentences
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"It's scary, to put it briefly," said Iryna, who works at the port's container terminal.
From Barron's
Slightly fewer people came via other illegal routes last year, such as in lorries or shipping containers.
From BBC
The first, which he began making in the early 1960s, were mysterious, sinisterly bejeweled boxes, little containers of compressed surrealism festooned with hundreds of shiny straight pins.
They are then supposed to use them to dispose of their recyclables in one of two large purple containers outside.
From BBC
Meanwhile, at the Mariel commercial port, outside the capital, containers are piling up.
From Barron's
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