canner
/ˈkænəɹ/
canner noun: someone or something which cans.
Noun
canner (plural canners)
- Someone or something which cans.
- One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […]1937, Technology Review, volume 40, page 100
- A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
- Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
- Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day.2007 May 27, Jon Mooallem, “The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration”, in New York Times, page 7
- Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners" bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street.2009, Camilo Jose Vergara, 125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay., Slate.com, December 3, 2009
- An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.
- Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners […]1905, United States. Bureau of Corporations, Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry, page 89
Proper noun capitalized: Canner
Canner (plural Canners)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
Forms of canner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | canners |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Canners |
Origin of canner
From Middle English canner (“maker of cans”), originally from the noun canne and equivalent to can + -er (occupational suffix). The modern senses reflect other meanings of the suffix -er.
Occupational surname for a maker or seller of cans, from can + -er.
Words formed from canner
Words that rhyme with canner
Questions about canner
- What does canner mean?
- Canner means someone or something which cans.
- What part of speech is canner?
- Canner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce canner?
- Canner is pronounced /ˈkænəɹ/.
- What is the plural of canner?
- The plural of canner is canners.
Words near canner in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: canner (page history and authors); Canner (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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