spray can

What does spray can mean?

spray can means "a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)".

What is another word for spray can?

Close synonyms include aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb. 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 spray can a common word?

spray 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spray can come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.