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containerware

containerware noun: containers collectively.

Noun

containerware (uncountable)

  1. Containers collectively.
    • Two leading containerware companies, Owens-Illinois and Hazel-Atlas, and a leading noncontainer company, Corning Glass Works, uphold the Supreme Court’s decision in briefs replying to the government’s petition.1945 February 24, Business Week, page 42
    • Product identifications screen printed directly on bottles, jars, and other containers are rapidly replacing conventional labels. This is especially true of beverages, cosmetics, and household products packaged in glass or polyethylene containers. Screening on containerware has evolved into a...1971, J[acob] I[srael] Biegeleisen, Screen Printing: A Contemporary Guide to the Technique of Screen Printing for Artists, Designers, and Craftsmen, New York, N.Y.: Watson-Guptill Publications...

Examples of containerware in a sentence

  • Screening on containerware has evolved into a distinct field of operation quite separate and apart from routine screen printing.1971, J[acob] I[srael] Biegeleisen, Screen Printing: A Contemporary Guide to the Technique of Screen Printing for Artists, Designers, and...
  • Earl Tupper, whose name became a household word because of the plastic containerware he marketed so successfully, died today in Costa Rica.1985, David Keith Cohler, Broadcast Journalism: A Guide for the Presentation of Radio and Television News, Englewood Cliffs, N.J....
  • The market, however, needed cheap, easy to produce, decorative containerware and the process had to become more complex in order to produce three-dimensional forms.1996, The Dictionary of Art, volume 12, Grove, →ISBN, page 783, column 1:

Origin of containerware

From container + -ware.

Questions about containerware

What does containerware mean?
Containerware means containers collectively.
How do you use containerware in a sentence?
Screening on containerware has evolved into a distinct field of operation quite separate and apart from routine screen printing.
What part of speech is containerware?
Containerware is a noun.

Words near containerware in the dictionary

  1. containerports
  2. containers
  3. containersful
  4. containership
  5. containerships
  6. containerware
  7. containest
  8. containeth
  9. containing
  10. containing multitudes
  11. containing oneself

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