Associations to the word «Container»

CONTAINER, noun. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

CONTAINER, noun. A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).

CONTAINER, noun. (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.

CONTAINER, noun. (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.

CONTAINER, noun. (computing) (GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

CONTAINER CRANE, noun. A kind of dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships.

CONTAINER SHIP, noun. (nautical) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers

CONTAINER SHIPS, noun. Plural of container ship

CONTAINER, noun. Any 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).