canned
[keənd] ~ [kɛənd]UK/kænd/
canned adjective: preserved in cans. Also the simple past and past participle of can.
Adjective
canned (not comparable)
- Preserved in cans.
- canned tomatoes
- If you don't have fresh cardoon I'll take canned.
- Synonyms:
- tinned
- Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.
- canned laughter
- The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.
- Synonyms:
- boilerplate, stock
- Drunk.
- Synonyms:
- drunk
- Terminated, fired from a job.
- Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.
- The raider story was canned by the censor on instructions from the naval authorities.1997, Frederick T. Smith, Backroom Briefings: John Curtin's War
Also used as
canned is also the simple past and past participle of can.
canned meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi and Gujarati
canned in Marathi
- डबेबंद, डबाबंद, कॅन्ड केलेले
canned in Bengali
- টিনজাত
canned in Punjabi
- preserved in cans
- ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦ ḍabbāband
canned in Gujarati
- કેન્ડ કરેલું
More languagesFewer languages
- canned in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍ କରାଯାଇଛି, କ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍ ହୋଇଛି, କ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍ ହୋଇଥିବା
- canned in Nepali
- डिब्बाबंद, क्यान गरिएको
- canned in Tagalog
- delata
- canned in Vietnamese
- đóng hộp, đóng lon
Examples of canned in a sentence
- The interpreter gave us a canned history of the site.
- And the punch-lines seem to disappear like clouds across the sky / And the laughter could be real or could be canned1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Liar's Bar”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South:
- Unfortunately, some of the canned code, which Visual C++ gives to you when creating an application, is not CE aware and gives you compile errors.1998, Dr. Dobb's Journal: Software Tools for the Professional Programmer:
- Christie’s admonition about canned lines and rehearsed speeches hovered and seemed to recalibrate how the crowd — and television viewers — processed what Mr.2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:
Synonyms of canned
Antonyms
Words formed from canned
Phrases with canned
Words that rhyme with canned
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- overhand
- bestand
- gland
- secondhand
- unscanned
- disband
- grand
- offhand
- unmanned
- unplanned
- aband
- aland
- fanned
- firsthand
- lotus land
- lotusland
- misbrand
- planned
- redemand
- reland
- repand
- scanned
- shand
- tanned
- thirdhand
- withstand
- 2ndhand
- astrand
- at second hand
- banned
- counterdemand
- desand
- fand
- grande
- haircut band
- hand
- interstrand
- manned
- misunderstand
- multiplicand
- nonbrand
- operand
- overmanned
- overplanned
- panned
- preplanned
- rebrand
- replanned
Questions about canned
- What does canned mean?
- Canned means preserved in cans.
- What is canned in Marathi?
- Canned in Marathi is डबेबंद, डबाबंद, कॅन्ड केलेले. See Canned meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use canned in a sentence?
- The interpreter gave us a canned history of the site.
- What part of speech is canned?
- Canned is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce canned?
- Canned is pronounced /kænd/ (UK).
Words near canned in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: canned (page history and authors); canned (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); canned (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); canned (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); canned (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); canned (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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