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• The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.From the entry seal
• The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.From the entry respirator
• I wanted to dispose of an empty canister with a plastic top, cardboard sides and metal bottom, but I decided it was unrecyclable.From the entry unrecyclable
• Officials have insisted that tear gas was not deployed but rather pepper balls and smoke canisters.2020 June 2, Zack Budryk, “DC National Guard asks for investigation into use of helicopter to target protesters”, in The Hill. From the entry pepper ball
• Skinny militia fighters with canisters on their backs had circled the compound.2016 July, James Abel, Cold Silence (A Joe Rush Novel), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry bonfire
• At night they would chuck in smoke canisters and let off CS gas.2000 October 15, John Sweeney, “Cries from Putin's torture pit: One year on, John Sweeney returns to Chechnya to speak to survivors of…. From the entry contraktnik
• Butane will gasify at low pressure, and can be contained in light canisters.1978, Rob Hunter, chapter 4, in The Spur Backpacking and Camping Cook Book, page 28. From the entry gasify
• At the same time, suggest related items when mentioning canister sets, bathroom scales and sinkware.1959 December 31, “How to reach more customers with your advertising”, in Hardware Age, volume 184, number 14, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton…. From the entry sinkware
• Our greatest trial was the German canister.1929 November, Robert Graves, chapter XVIII, in Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 246. From the entry ammonal
• At least one canister of bear spray had been emptied and there was evidence they had tried to scare off the bear.2023 October 5, Leyland Cecco, “‘Bear attack bad’: final message of Canadian couple killed by grizzly”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry bear spray
• The march ended in violent exchanges, with Hong Kong police firing tear gas canisters at protesters from inside a police station in Tsim Sha Tsui.2019 October 20, “Clashes as fresh anti-government protests hit Hong Kong”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2019…. From the entry Tsim Sha Tsui
• Gil also scared up other part-time jobs while in high school—delivering gas canisters and playing solo piano at tea time at the elegant Hotel Stockton.2003, Stephanie Stein Crease, Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music, page 6. From the entry scare up
• Here are prechipped, prescratched treasures -- medicine chests, porcelain dishes, canisters -- as if we are too impatient today to wear out our belongings ourselves.1994 March 6, Amy Spindler, “Seeing a City in the Windows of Its Shops”, in New York Times. From the entry prechipped
• Now their powder would be cannon powder and gun powder, would be made into canister shot, and would propel balls into flesh, and would blow living men to shreds.1991, D. L. Carey, Distant Drums - Volume 1, page 523. From the entry gun powder
• Canister and second blicky are in red, a color hard to find and, unfortunately, one lacking in durability, since the paint has a tendency to flake off.1947, Magazine Antiques, volume 52, page 263. From the entry blicky

Meaning of canister

1. noun A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
2. noun Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
3. noun A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.

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How do you use canister in a sentence?

Canister is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.”

What is a short sentence with canister?

“Our greatest trial was the German canister.”

What does canister mean?

Canister means a cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).