Definition of Containerize

1. Verb. Package in a container. "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping"

Exact synonyms: Containerise
Generic synonyms: Pack
Derivative terms: Container, Container

Definition of Containerize

1. Verb. To transport cargo in large, standard containers. ¹

2. Verb. To modify a ship or industry to use such containers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Containerize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Containerize

container ship
container ships
container vessel
containerboard
containerboards
containerful
containerfuls
containerisation
containerise
containerised
containerises
containerising
containerizable
containerization
containerizations
containerize (current term)
containerized
containerizes
containerizing
containerless
containerlike
containerload
containerloads
containerport
containerports
containers
containersful
containership
containerships
containest

Literary usage of Containerize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"For one small example, Barzun 1980 disparages the word containerize as unnecessary jargon. Not needed, he says, since we already have the verb to box. ..."

2. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housingby David E. Jacobs by David E. Jacobs (1996)
"In particular, the Abatement Subcontractor shall separate, label, and containerize the following: a. All paint or paint fragments removed by chemical ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined on the Equity Side of the Court of by Edmund Robert Daniell, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Richard Richards (1824)
"But their answer containerize allegation that any of the lands in their occupation were situated in any of those places, nor was there any evidence to that ..."

4. The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine by Charles Whitlock Moore (1847)
"It containerize hundred and forty halls. The usual residence of this rude people consisted chiefly of wretched huts, or burrows in the earth, ..."

5. The Rise of Maritime Containerization in the Port of Oakland: 1950 to 1970 by Mark Rosenstein (2000)
"... steamship lines found it within their reach to containerize their operations. The case of Japanese steamship (inns is considered in detail. ..."

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