bryan donkin

1. 1.

   English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)

   SynonymsDonkin

   Broaderengineer

Questions about bryan donkin

What does bryan donkin mean?

bryan donkin means "English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)".

What is another word for bryan donkin?

Close synonyms include Donkin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bryan donkin a common word?

bryan donkin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.