Definition of Can

1. Noun. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..

Exact synonyms: Tin, Tin Can
Specialized synonyms: Beer Can, Caddy, Tea Caddy, Cannikin, Coffee Can, Milk Can, Oilcan, Soda Can
Generic synonyms: Container
Derivative terms: Tin

2. Verb. Preserve in a can or tin. "The chefs can the vegetables"; "Tinned foods are not very tasty"
Exact synonyms: Put Up, Tin
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Keep, Preserve
Derivative terms: Cannery, Tin, Tin

3. Noun. The quantity contained in a can.
Exact synonyms: Canful
Generic synonyms: Containerful

4. Verb. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

5. Noun. A buoy with a round bottom and conical top.
Exact synonyms: Can Buoy
Generic synonyms: Buoy

6. Noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Exact synonyms: Arse, Ass, Backside, Behind, Bottom, Bum, Buns, Butt, Buttocks, Derriere, Fanny, Fundament, Hind End, Hindquarters, Keister, Nates, Posterior, Prat, Rear, Rear End, Rump, Seat, Stern, Tail, Tail End, Tooshie, Tush
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Derivative terms: Posterior

7. Noun. A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.
Exact synonyms: Commode, Crapper, Pot, Potty, Stool, Throne, Toilet
Group relationships: Bath, Bathroom, Bathroom, John, Lav, Lavatory, Privy, Toilet
Specialized synonyms: Flushless Toilet, Flush Toilet, Lavatory, Potty Chair, Potty Seat
Generic synonyms: Plumbing Fixture
Terms within: Toilet Bowl, Toilet Seat
Derivative terms: Crap, Stool

8. Noun. A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.

Definition of Can

1. n. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.

2. v. t. To preserve by putting in sealed cans

3. v. t. & i. To know; to understand.

Definition of Can

1. to put in a can (a cylindrical container) [v CANNED, CANNING, CANS] / used as an auxiliary to express ability [v CANST, COULD, COULDEST, COULDST present sing. 2d person CAN or CANST, past sing. 2d person COULD, COULDEST, or COULDST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Can

camshafts
camsho
camshoch
camstane
camstanes
camstone
camstones
camurati-engelmann disease
Camus
camuses
camwood
camwoods
camylofine
Cam River
cam stroke
can (current term)
can-do
Canaan
Canaanite
Canaanitic
Canaanitic language
Canachites
Canachites canadensis
canada
Canada
canadas
Canada anemone
Canada balsam
Canada balsam
Canada garlic

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