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cann

cann is the obsolete spelling of can.

Meaning of can

Noun

can (plural cans)

  1. A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
    • I keep a can of fuel for emergencies.
    1. A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
      • Soup in a can lasts for years.
  2. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
  3. (archaic) A chamber pot.
    1. (US, archaic, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
      • Shit or get off the can.
  4. (Canada, US, childish, slang, vulgar) Buttocks.

See all 38 meanings of can

Proper noun capitalized: Cann

Cann (countable and uncountable, plural Canns)

  1. A surname.
  2. A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721).

Forms of cann

Noun
pluralcanns
Proper noun
pluralCanns

Origin of cann

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

Words formed from cann

Questions about cann

What does cann mean?
Cann means a surname.
What is cann the obsolete spelling of?
Cann is the obsolete spelling of can.
What part of speech is cann?
Cann is a proper noun.

Words near cann in the dictionary

  1. canmakers
  2. canmaking
  3. CANMARCOM
  4. CANMARPAC
  5. Canmore
  6. cann
  7. Cann River
  8. cann't
  9. canna
  10. canna mom
  11. canna-mom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cann (page history and authors); Cann (page history and authors); can (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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