CONTAINER Definition & Meaning

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noun

anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
a large, vanlike, reuseable box for consolidating smaller crates or cartons into a single shipment, designed for easy and fast loading and unloading of freight.

container

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noun

an object used for or capable of holding, esp for transport or storage, such as a carton, box, etc
1. a large cargo-carrying standard-sized container that can be loaded from one mode of transport to another
2. ( as modifier )
  a container ship
  a container port

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of container¹

1400–50 for an earlier sense; 1495–1505 container fordef 1; late Middle English conteiner; contain, -er ¹

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“Fewer containers coming to the Port of Los Angeles means fewer jobs.”

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The owners of a container ship have filed a legal claim against the owners of a tanker that it struck in a crash in the North Sea.

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Her cart was stacked with household items, snacks for her sons, fruit and two containers of two dozen eggs — a steal these days at under $10 each.

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The vending machines are housed in shipping containers in front of the farm shop building.

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"My understanding is they'd finally packed up their lives in London, and all their stuff was in a shipping container and they were kind of looking to move here for good," she said.

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