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Definition of Canned

1. Adjective. Recorded for broadcast. "Canned laughter"

Definition of Canned

1. Adjective. Preserved in cans. ¹

2. Adjective. (slang) Drunk. ¹

3. Adjective. Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass produced, or lacking originality or customization. ¹

4. Verb. (past of can) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canned

1. can [v] - See also: can

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canned

Literary usage of Canned

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"THE COMPOSITION OF FRESH AND canned PINEAPPLES. BY LS MUNSON AND LM TOLMAN. Received January 3. 1903. THE work undertaken in connection with the ..."

2. La vie et l'oeuvre d'Orfila by Clair Elsmere Turner, Nell Josephine Morgan, Georgie Bristow Collins, Amédée Fayol, Adolf Dieudonné, Charles Frederick Bolduan (1909)
"canned fish is also frequently the cause of poisoning, and this seems to occur especially with canned salmon, particularly when the fish is not eaten ..."

3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"Relation of canned to Fresh Meat.—In the following table is given the number ... canned Ham and Bacon.—It seems unnecessary, as a rule, to can ham and bacon ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Poisoning by canned Beans.—An unusually extensive outbreak of poisoning due to a most uncommon cause, namely, canned beans, is reported by ROLLY (Munch, ..."

5. Bulletin by National Canners Association (1917)
""Allowing the Kieffer pears to ripen and mellow previous to canning resulted in a commercially canned product in which the vitamin C was appreciably lower. ..."

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