milk can

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   large can for transporting milk

   Broadercan

Questions about milk can

What does milk can mean?

milk can means "large can for transporting milk".

Is milk can a common word?

milk can is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.