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container is a type of:

• instrumentality, instrumentation (noun) - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end

types of container:

• Dumpster (noun) - a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
• bag (noun) - a flexible container with a single opening
• bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse (noun) - a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
• basket, handbasket (noun) - a container that is usually woven and has handles
• bin (noun) - a container

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• bowl, pipe bowl (noun) - a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
• box (noun) - a (usually rectangular) container
• bread-bin, breadbox (noun) - a container used to keep bread or cake in
• bunker (noun) - a large container for storing fuel
• can, tin, tin can (noun) - airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• canister, cannister, tin (noun) - metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
• capsule (noun) - a small container
• cargo container (noun) - a large container for freight
• case (noun) - a portable container for carrying several objects
• case, display case, showcase, vitrine (noun) - a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
• cassette (noun) - a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
• cup (noun) - a small open container usually used for drinking
• cylinder (noun) - a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
• dice cup, dice box (noun) - a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown
• dish (noun) - a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
• dispenser (noun) - a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
• drawer (noun) - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture
• empty (noun) - a container that has been emptied
• envelope (noun) - a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
• glass, drinking glass (noun) - a container for holding liquids while drinking
• grab bag (noun) - a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents
• magnetic bottle (noun) - container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions
• mailer (noun) - a container for something to be mailed
• manger, trough (noun) - a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
• measure (noun) - a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
• mold, mould, cast (noun) - container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
• package, parcel (noun) - a wrapped container
• pan (noun) - shallow container made of metal
• pod, fuel pod (noun) - a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
• pot, flowerpot (noun) - a container in which plants are cultivated
• powder horn, powder flask (noun) - container for carrying gunpowder
• receptacle (noun) - a container that is used to put or keep things in
• reliquary (noun) - a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
• saltcellar (noun) - a small container for holding salt at the dining table
• savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank (noun) - a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
• scuttle, coal scuttle (noun) - container for coal
• shaker (noun) - a container in which something can be shaken
• spoon (noun) - a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
• storage ring (noun) - container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used
• thimble (noun) - a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing
• time capsule (noun) - container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time
• vessel (noun) - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
• wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file (noun) - a container with an open top
• watering can, watering pot (noun) - a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle
• wheeled vehicle (noun) - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
• workbasket, workbox, workbag (noun) - container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)

container is derivationally related to:

• to containerize, containerise (verb) - package in a container
• to hold, bear, carry, contain (verb) - contain or hold