canister

1. 1.

   a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm

   Synonymscase shotcanister shot

   Broaderammunition

   Partsshot
2. 2.

   metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

   Synonymscannistertin

   Broadercontainer

Other forms of canister

plural

canisters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about canister

What does canister mean?

canister means "a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in canister?

canister has 3 syllables: can-i-ster. The stress falls on "can". In IPA it is /ˈkænəstɚ/.

What is another word for canister?

Close synonyms include case shot, canister shot, cannister, tin. 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 canister a common word?

canister is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.